Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a pre-FEED (front-end engineering design) contract worth $3.8billion for the Beaco Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant.
The contract was awarded by the Government of Timor-Leste.
The scope of work includes concept selection srudies, development of technical design and development of procurement and construction strategies.
Amec Foster Wheeler said the work will be done in consultation with TIMOR GAP, Timor Leste’s National Oil Company.
TIMOR GAP, is currently managing the implementation of Tasi Mane Project consisting of three clusters of development situated along 155 kilometres of Timor-Leste’s southern coast.
The three are the Suai Supply Base, the Betano Refinery, and the Beaço LNG Plant.
Roberto Penno, Amec Foster Wheeler’s group president for Asia, Middle East, Africa & Southern Europe, said “I am pleased that our LNG expertise and project delivery skills are helping to move forward a project which will contribute to the overall development of Timor-Leste.
“Our LNG Centre of Excellence in the UK will work closely with our in-country teams to deliver this work safely and sustainably.”
The contract will be delivered from Amec Foster Wheeler’s LNG centre of expertise in Reading, UK, working with its team in Malaysia.