Challenge Peak, an oil products tanker operated by Singapore-based NYK Bulkship (Asia) Pte. Ltd., has shipped the first batch of plant condensate produced at the onshore gas liquefaction plant of the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project.
The condensate was loaded from the gas liquefaction plant in Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia, and the vessel departed for an Asian country on 26 December, NYK informed.
A joint venture among INPEX (the operator), oil major Total, and others, the Ichthys LNG Project is one of the largest LNG projects in the world. At its peak, the project is expected to produce approximately 8.9 million tons of LNG and approximately 1.65 million tons of LPG per annum, along with approximately 100,000 barrels of condensate per day.
The Ichthys LNG Project involves LNG lifted from the Ichthys Gas-condensate Field offshore Western Australia at an onshore gas liquefaction plant constructed in Darwin, Northern Territory, and producing and shipping approximately 8.9 million tons of LNG and approximately 1.65 million tons of LPG per year. The Ichthys LNG Project is expected to be operational over a period of 40 years.
In late October, the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project started shipment of LNG as the first shipment left the onshore gas liquefaction plant in Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia, heading to the INPEX-operated Naoetsu LNG Terminal in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.