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K Line’s large gas carrier 'Grace River' has carried and discharged Ichthys LNG Project’s first LPG cargo carried to Japan, according to the company's statement. The cargo was imported by Astomos Energy Corporation at Kyushu L.P.G. Fukushima Terminal, on January 23.

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. 

Australia became the world’s largest exporter of LNG, for the first time in November, as it surpassed Qatar. This comes after the beginning of several export projects in the country over the past three years, such as the Ichthys LNF project off Australia’s northern coast.

INPEX informed that it opened the onshore LNG processing facilities of Ichthys LNG. This project aims to meet increasing LNG demand in Japan and will contribute to the Australian way of life. About 70% of the LNG produced by Ichthys LNG will be supplied to Japanese customers.

Australia is on its way to become the world’s biggest exporter of LNG, according to the energy economics group EnergyQuest, informing in its latest monthly report that total Australian LNG shipments were significantly higher in October at 6.4 million tonnes (Mt) – up 10.3% on 5.8 Mt in September.

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.

INPEX announced the departure of its first shipment of condensate from the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. The cargo departed on 1 October from the Project’s massive offshore FPSO facility -the Ichthys Venturer- moored in the Browse Basin, 136 miles off the northwest coast of Western Australia.

Tokyo-based Inpex announced it has started production of gas from its Ichthys LNG Project in Australia on 30 July, following completion of final safety verifications. Firstly, the produced gas will be gathered within the Central Processing Facility, 'Ichthys Explorer', where it will be separated into gases and liquids.

HIMA signed a long term service contract with INPEX to manage the maintenance of the safety instrumented systems at the Ichthys LNG Project in Australia. HIMA will supply parts and services to ensure that the safety system is permanently operating at its optimum.

INPEX Browse was awarded an exploration permit for Release Area WA-532-P in Australia’s 2016 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release. The Block lies in the vicinity of the Ichthys gas-condensate field where INPEX is developing the Ichthys LNG Project as operator.