Construction of the Ichthys project’s onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities located at Bladin Point near Darwin in Australia is almost complete, according to the project operator, Inpex of Japan.

The project’s EPC contractor JKC, during the last month, handed over the first LNG train to Inpex.

In addition to the train 1 handover, Inpex commissioned the Ichthys LNG project’s central processing facility (CPF) Ichthys Explorer, required for production start-up.

The project is scheduled to commence production of gas from the wellhead upon conducting final safety verifications, and will thereafter proceed with the shipment of cargoes towards the end of the first half of the current fiscal year ending in September 2018.

It is expected to produce up to 8.9 million tonnes of LNG and 1.6 million tons of LPG at peak annually, with up to 100,000 barrels of condensate per day at peak.

The project is a joint venture between Inpex, major partner Total, Taiwan’s CPC Corporation and the Australian subsidiaries of Tokyo Gas, Osaka Gas, Kansai Electric, Chubu Electric Power and Toho Gas.

LNG World News Staff