Inpex ships first condensate from Ichthys project

Oct. 2, 2018
Japanese operator Inpex has made its maiden shipment of condensate from the $40-billion Ichthys LNG project in the Browse basin offshore Western Australia. The 350,000-bbl cargo was offloaded from the Ichthys Venturer floating production, storage, and offloading vessel moored 220 km off northwestern Australia.

Japanese operator Inpex has made its maiden shipment of condensate from the $40-billion Ichthys LNG project in the Browse basin offshore Western Australia.

The 350,000-bbl cargo was offloaded from the Ichthys Venturer floating production, storage, and offloading vessel moored 220 km off northwestern Australia.

The shipment is bound for Asia and is a milestone event in the massive project that is expected to have a 40-year life.

Inpex began gas production from the Ichthys wellheads at the end of July. The gas is gathered within the semisubmersible central processing facility (Ichthys Explorer) anchored near the field. Condensate is separated from the raw gas stream and piped to the nearby FPSO. The separated gas is then sent 890 km by subsea pipeline to Darwin.

Later this year the Ichthys project will begin shipments of LNG and LPG cargoes from the Darwin onshore LNG processing facility at Bladin Point.

At peak, the Ichthys project will produce as much as 8.9 million tpy of LNG, 1.65 million tpy of LPG, and 100,000 b/d of condensate.

Inpex has 62.245% and operatorship of the Ichthys project. Partners include Total SA 30%, CPC Corp. Taiwan 2.625%, Tokyo Gas 1.575%, Chubu Electric Power 0.735%, and Toho Gas 0.42%.