BP opens Tangguh Train 3 onshore EPC commercial bids
Monday, February 22 2016 - 01:42 AM WIB
BP Berau Ltd., a unit of British energy giant BP Plc, has recently opened the onshore EPC commercial bids for the Tangguh Expansion Project (Train 3) in West Papua.
?We can confirm that the Tangguh Train 3 onshore EPC commercial bids were opened recently. The process will continue with a period of compliance checks and bid validations,? Head of Country BP Indonesia Dharmawan Samsu told Petromindo.com.
Additional details, including commercial information, are confidential, he said.
?We continue to work closely with the Tangguh partners and the Indonesian government as we progress towards the Train 3 project final investment decision,? Dharmawan said, adding that his firm will make an announcement of the winning bidder at the appropriate time.
Last December, two consortia which were appointed to carry out the onshore Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) works for the US$12 billion Tangguh Train 3 project submitted the technical FEED to BP.
The first consortium comprises PT. Tripatra Engineers and Constructors (as the leader), PT. Tripatra Engineering, PT. Chiyoda International Indonesia, PT. Saipem Indonesia, PT. Suluh Ardhi Engineering and Chiyoda Corporation Consortium. The second consortium consists of PT. Rekayasa Industri/Rekind (as the leader), JGC Corporation, PT. KBR Indonesia and PT. JGC Indonesia Consortium.
An official of Tripatra said that the commercial submission of the FEED was also made on Feb. 4, 2016.
The Train 3 will be built on the safe and reliable operations of the two existing liquefaction trains at the Tangguh site, which is located in Teluk Bintuni Regency in West Papua province. The project will add 3.8 million tons per annum (mtpa) liquefaction capacity to Tangguh, bringing total capacity to 11.4 mtpa.
Tangguh is operated by BP Berau Ltd on behalf of the other production sharing contract parties, as contractor to SKK Migas. BP Berau Ltd and its affiliates in Indonesia hold a 37.16 percent interest in the project. Other Tangguh production sharing contract partners are MI Berau B.V. (16.30%), CNOOC Muturi Ltd. (13.90%), Nippon Oil Exploration (Berau), Ltd. (12.23%), KG Berau Petroleum Ltd and KG Wiriagar Petroleum Ltd (10.00%), Indonesia Natural Gas Resources Muturi Inc. (7.35%), and Talisman Wiriagar Overseas Ltd. (3.06%).
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak