Offshore staff
TOKYO – The first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project has left Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia.
The LNG carrierPacific Breeze has departed the onshore liquefaction plant en route to the INPEX-operated Naoetsu LNG Terminal in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
Ichthys LNG will develop reserves of more than 3 Bboe offshore Western Australia, including around 500 MMbbl of condensate. At full capacity, the offshore facilities and the two-train onshore liquefaction plant will supply 8.9 million tons per year of LNG and 1.65 million tons per year of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), along with 100,000 b/d of condensate.
LNG is currently being produced from the first liquefaction train, with the second train expected to start up in the coming weeks.
Ichthys LNG is led by INPEX (operator, 62.245%) alongside major partner Total (30%) and the Australian subsidiaries of CPC Corporation Taiwan (2.625%), Tokyo Gas (1.575%), Osaka Gas (1.2%), Kansai Electric Power (1.2%), JERA (0.735%) and Toho Gas (0.42%).
10/23/2018
