The partners said pre-front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED) studies indicated that the project "does not currently meet the companies' commercial requirements."

Santos said FLNG remained an option for Bonaparte but the pair said they will now focus on piping gas from the Petrel, Tern and Frigate gasfields either to the ConocoPhillips-controlled Darwin LNG plant, in which Santos is a partner, or its near neighbour Inpex's under-construction Ichthys LNG plant.

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