McDermott and Baker Hughes-GE win contracts to develop feed-gas needs of Ichthys LNG plant
US engineering companies McDermott International and Baker Hughes-GE said they were awarded subsea contracts to provide field development services for the feed-gas needs of the Ichthys LNG export plant in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Japanese PM to formally open LNG plant near Darwin to help make Australia No. 1 LNG nation
Australia is expected to soon assume the title of the world’s largest LNG exporter and the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will formally open the Japan-led Ichthys LNG export joint venture plant near Darwin on November 16 that will help make it happen.
Last-minute delays in the Ichthys LNG project start-up revealed to be offshore electrical faults
An Australian regulatory body said some safety problems had been found on the offshore natural gas platform deployed offshore northwest Australia as part of the Ichthys LNG project of Japanese energy company Inpex Corp. and French energy major Total.
Japanese-operated Australian Ichthys LNG plant is on track for first cargo by September
Japanese energy company Inpex said it was still scheduled to ship its first LNG cargo from the Australian Ichthys liquefaction plant near Darwin by the end of September, even as the joint venture has had some last-minute delays.
