LNG

Export earnings from Australia’s 10 liquefied natural gas export facilities with nameplate capacity of 88 million tonnes per annum are expected to surge to A$50 billion (US$36Bln) in the current fiscal year from A$30Bln last year as oil-linked contract prices surge.

Inpex Corp. of Japan, operator of the Ichthys plant in Northern Australia and a shareholder in the offshore Prelude FLNG plant with Royal Dutch Shell, reported losses for 2020 and took hits on Prelude and Eagle Ford assets in the US, while forecasting a recovery in the Japanese and global oil and gas markets for the rest of 2021.