The Japanese company Inpex has commissioned the central processing facility (CPF) required for the startup of the 8.9 Mt/year Ichthys LNG project in Western Australia. Initially expected to be start-up in the third quarter of 2017, it has been pushed back to March 2018 and is now scheduled to come onstream by September 2018. This is a milestone for the project, whose key onshore and offshore facilities are now ready for production startup.
The US$37bn LNG export facility comprises an onshore LNG plant, a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility (labelled as Ichthys Venturer) and a 890-km long gas export pipeline. The project is led by Inpex (62.245%) and Total (30%), while the remaining stakes are spread between the Australian subsidiaries of CPC Corporation (2.625%), Tokyo Gas (1.575%), Osaka Gas (1.2%), Kansai Electric Power (1.2%), JERA (0.735%) and Toho Gas (0.42%).
Interested in LNG Databases?
World LNG Database offers a complete set of data on LNG markets. The service provides detailed information on existing and planned liquefaction and regasification plants. It also includes LNG shipping around the world, LNG contracts, time series on regasification and liquefaction capacities, LNG flows and LNG prices for all players in the market.