INPEX

INPEX Corp. is Japan’s largest exploration and production company and is involved in projects across multiple continents, including the Ichthys LNG project in Australia (as operator).

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INPEX's main business is in research, exploration, development, production and sales of oil, natural gas and other mineral resources, other related businesses and investment, and lending to the companies engaged in these activities.

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INPEX Awarded Exploration Block AC/P71 Offshore Western Australia
INPEX Browse E&P has secured an exploration permit off the northwest coast of Western Australia under Australia’s 2022 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release.
Aug. 22, 2024
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With topsides weighing about 78,000 tonnes gross and a deck size of 130 m by 120 m, the Ichthys Explorer central processing facility (pictured) is the world’s largest semisubmersible production platform and the first in Australian waters, according to INPEX.
INPEX has provisionally agreed to acquire 1.575% interests held by Tokyo Gas Co. in the Ichthys LNG project offshore/onshore northwest Australia.
Jan. 12, 2024
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The gray region represents the Masela Block, while the orange area represents the gas field.
INPEX subsidiary INPEX Masela has submitted a revised plan of development for the Abadi LNG project offshore/onshore Indonesia to the country’s government authorities.
April 4, 2023
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Ocean Winds announced that Moray East achieved its full contracted output of 900 MW to the UK National Transmission Grid in early April 2022.
INPEX has acquired a 16.7% interest in the Moray East wind farm, 22 km from Scotland’s Moray East coast in the UK central North Sea.
March 2, 2023
Locations of Block 4E and Block SK418
Malaysia
INPEX has entered into production sharing contracts (PSCs) for two blocks offshore Sarawak, awarded under Petronas’ Malaysia Bid Round 2022.
Feb. 16, 2023
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Gulf Of Mexico
INPEX Americas Inc. has transferred its entire participating interest in the Lucius Field and the Hadrian North Field to Anadarko US Offshore LLC, Murphy Exploration & Production...
Sept. 2, 2022
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Australia
INPEX, TotalEnergies and Woodside Energy have secured a greenhouse-gas storage assessment permit (G-7-AP) offshore northwest Australia, under their Bonaparte CCS Assessment joint...
Aug. 24, 2022
Courtesy DSME
Dsme Fpso
INPEX has filed a $970 million claim against South Korean shipbuilder DSME, seeking compensation for alleged delays and construction issues related to a 2012 FPSO order.
Aug. 10, 2022
The Oceanic Breeze vessel is an LNG tanker built in 2018. The current position of the vessel is East Asia and it is headed to JP YKK E.
INPEX has started exploratory drilling surveys in the Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures offshore Japan.
May 6, 2022
Courtesy Maersk Drilling
Maersk Drilling’s ultra-deepwater semisubmersible Mærsk Deliverer.
INPEX Operations Australia has exercised an option to extend its use of Maersk Drilling’s ultra-deepwater semi Mærsk Deliverer at the Ichthys field off Western Australia.
April 19, 2022

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Inpex Facility
INPEX will inaugurate the INPEX Research Hub for Energy Transformation on April 1.
Feb. 16, 2022
(Courtesy Heerema Marine Contractors)
The semisubmersible crane vessel Sleipnir.
INPEX has named Heerema Marine Contractors its contractor of choice for the transport and installation of the 4,800-metric ton Ichthys LNG booster compression module.
Feb. 11, 2022
(Courtesy Flying Focus / Blauwind)
The Borssele III/IV offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea.
The company will gain a 50% stake in the Eneco Luchterduinen wind farm and 15% in the Blauwind consortium’s Borssele III/IV wind farm.
Dec. 7, 2021