SKK Migas signs contract with Poten & Partners

By Febry Silaban

Upstream authority SKK Migas has finally signed contract with international consultant Poten & Partners to assess the technology for the LNG plant to be developed for the Abadi field within Masela block in Maluku Province.

This was said by Deputy of Planning Control at SKK Migas Gunawan Sutadiwirja to Petromindo.com.

Earlier reports said the plan to sign the contract was hobbled by disagreement between SKK Migas and Poten on the property right over the result of the assessment by Potent. The problem has finally resolved as Poten agreed that the assessment result will be considered as the government?s possession, according to an industry source.

The consultant starts working from the signature date of the contract for a duration of three months, according to the source.

Poten was approached by SKK Migas following an instruction from President Joko Widodo to find an international consultant to provide an input for the minister of energy and mineral resources to decide whether an onshore LNG plant of a floating LNG (FLNG) plant should be built for Abadi field. The owners of the block ? Inpex Corp and Royal Dutch Shell ? want to build an FLNG. They are supported by SKK Migas, but some ministers prefer onshore LNG plant.

Editing by Johannes Simbolon