LNG

April 24 (LNGJ) - Japanese LNG developer Inpex Corp. is scheduled to receive a cargo on April 26 at the Australian Ichthys liquefaction and export project at Bladin Point in the Northern Territory to begin the cool-down process as part of commissioning before the start of operations later in 2018. The shipment is being delivered onboard the 182,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Pacific Breeze”, which came from Singapore via the Petronas-operated Bintulu export plant in the east Malaysian state of Sarawak. The vessel is the world’s largest Moss-type LNG carrier. Inpex, whose main partner in the venture is French energy company Total, will produce 8.9 million tonnes per annum from two processing Trains at the Ichthys plant and cargoes will be shipped to Japan’s main utilities and to Taiwan. A total of 8.4 MTPA of output has been pre-sold.