LNG

Feb 13 (LNGJ) - Inpex Corp., the Japanese oil and gas company with LNG assets in Australia and Indonesia, reported a 6.8 percent decline in annual consolidated net sales to 2.16 trillion yen ($14.5 billion) from 2.32 trillion yen ($15.57Bln) in 2022 due to a fall in the price of crude oil. Inpex reported a 19.4 percent drop in annual net profits to 371.53 billion yen ($2.49Bln) from 461.06Bln yen ($3.09Bln) in 2022.

   Net sales of crude oil fell by 9.5 percent to 1.61 trillion yen ($10.78Bln) from the previous year while net sales of natural gas increased by 2 percent to 535.7 billion yen ($3.59Bln). “The average sales price of overseas natural gas decreased by $1.27, or 18.4 percent, to $5.62 per thousand feet. The average sales price of domestic natural gas in Japan increased by 9.9 percent to 90.08 yen ($0.605) per cubic metre,” said Inpex.

Indonesian state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina is preparing to acquire Shell’s stake in the Masela natural gas block that will underpin the Abadi LNG export project in Indonesia and boost future cargo availability in the Pacific Basin, while Shell is also selling all its assets in Pakistan in a pull-out from Asia's more difficult areas to do business.