The contract has been awarded to an international consortium comprising the Chiyoda Corporation, Chicago Bridge and Iron, and Saipem.

FEED will commence immediately and be carried out in Japan, the United States and Australia over the next 12 months.

Arrow Energy, which is jointly-owned by Shell and PetroChina, is planning to develop a CSG-to-LNG processing facility on Curtis Island, Queensland. The proposed LNG plant on Curtis Island will be supplied with CSG from Arrow’s reserves located in the Surat Basin in southeast Queensland and the Bowen Basin in central Queensland.