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Indonesia decides against Inpex floating LNG project, wants to stay onshore

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Screen Shot 2016-03-15 at 10.34.57* President says onshore plan to bring more economic benefits

* Unclear if Inpex, Shell will be involved in new plan

* Onshore facility to be built in eastern province of Maluku 

By Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Fergus Jensen

JAKARTA, March 23 Indonesia’s president on Wednesday rejected Inpex Corp and Royal Dutch Shell’s proposal to build the world’s largest floating liquefied natural gas plant in the country’s east, saying an onshore plant would benefit its economy more.

The announcement is a blow to the two energy firms, as well as to Indonesia’s energy regulator (SKKMigas), which warned last week that rejecting the $15 billion plan to process gas from the Masela field offshore would lead to delays and job cuts. read more

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Shell Gas Project in Indonesia Risks Running Out of Steam

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President Joko Widodo’s decision for an onshore scheme is estimated to add more than $5 billion to the project’s cost

By BEN OTTO: March 23, 2016 

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Inpex Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC. suffered a blow Wednesday in their $14 billion bid to exploit a deep-water gas field in Indonesia, after President Joko Widodo declared the scheme must make use of an onshore refinery rather than a proposed floating facility.

Inpex, the project’s planned operator, and partner Shell proposed six months ago to build a massive floating facility to exploit a major gas field in the country’s remote east known as Masela. read more

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ExxonMobil Indonesian Villagers Human Rights Abuse Case to Proceed in Federal Court

Screen Shot 2015-07-07 at 16.09.32ExxonMobil Indonesian Villagers Human Rights Abuse Case to Proceed in Federal Court

Screen Shot 2015-06-23 at 14.58.54In the interim, in 2010, the Supreme Court restricted the types of claims that could be heard under the Alien Tort Statute in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, a case involving allegations of human rights abuses by Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria.

WASHINGTON, July 7, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a significant victory for families of Indonesian citizens who were killed or abused by security personnel hired by Exxon Mobil Corporation, a Federal court has ruled the Alien Tort Statute claims against Exxon Mobil for human rights violations can proceed. Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC serves as counsel for the plaintiffs.

In an opinion issued on July 6, Judge Royce C. Lamberth, of the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, held that the plaintiffs’ claims sufficiently “touch and concern” the United States to satisfy the test recently set out by the U.S. Supreme Court in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum for when suits arising out of injuries inflicted overseas can be heard in U.S. courts. read more

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Jakarta signs methane deal in scramble for energy

Numerous foreign companies, including Shell, BP, Total, Arrow and Marathon, are eyeing the sector...

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