INPEX


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About 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
Australia & New Zealand

INPEX expands exploration position in Ichthys area offshore Australia

Aug. 22, 2024
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.
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Australia & New Zealand

INPEX consolidates position in Ichthys LNG

Jan. 12, 2024
INPEX has provisionally agreed to acquire 1.575% interests held by Tokyo Gas Co. in the Ichthys LNG project offshore/onshore northwest Australia.
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The gray region represents the Masela Block, while the orange area represents the gas field.
Field Development

INPEX alters Abadi LNG plan to incorporate CCS

April 4, 2023
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.
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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.
Renewable Energy

INPEX takes stake in Moray East wind farm

March 2, 2023
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.
Locations of Block 4E and Block SK418
Malaysia
Production

INPEX joins Petronas in offshore Sarawak PSCs

Feb. 16, 2023
INPEX has entered into production sharing contracts (PSCs) for two blocks offshore Sarawak, awarded under Petronas’ Malaysia Bid Round 2022.
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Gulf Of Mexico
US & Gulf of Mexico

INPEX to transfer interest in Lucius and Hadrian North fields in GoM

Sept. 2, 2022
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...
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Australia
Australia & New Zealand

INPEX-led trio awarded carbon capture assessment permit offshore northwest Australia

Aug. 24, 2022
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...
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Dsme Fpso
Vessels

INPEX files $970M claim against DSME for FPSO work

Aug. 10, 2022
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.
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.
Drilling & Completion

INPEX surveying drilling prospects offshore Japan

May 6, 2022
INPEX has started exploratory drilling surveys in the Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures offshore Japan.
Courtesy Maersk Drilling
Maersk Drilling’s ultra-deepwater semisubmersible Mærsk Deliverer.
Australia & New Zealand

INPEX lengthens Maersk rig hire for Ichthys project offshore Australia

April 19, 2022
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.

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Inpex Facility
Company News

INPEX opening clean energy R&D center in Japan

Feb. 16, 2022
INPEX will inaugurate the INPEX Research Hub for Energy Transformation on April 1.
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The semisubmersible crane vessel Sleipnir.
Field Development

INPEX designates Heerema for Ichthys module T&I

Feb. 11, 2022
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.
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The Borssele III/IV offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea.
Renewable Energy

INPEX negotiates stakes in two Dutch North Sea wind farms

Dec. 7, 2021
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.