Japan's Inpex breaks ground on $21bn Indonesia LNG project

EnergyLong-delayed Abadi facility 'extremely important' for Indo-Pacific energy security, CEO saysThe Abadi facility in the Arafura Sea, Indonesia, is to become the country's second-largest liquefied natural gas project once operational. (Illustration screenshot from Indonesian presidential office's YouTube page) REZHA HADYANJuly 16, 2026 17:50 JSTTANIMBAR ISLANDS, Indonesia -- Japanese energy group Inpex broke ground Thursday on a liquefied natural gas project in eastern Indonesia that would become one of Asia's largest LNG facilities once operational.