LNG

CNP Corp., the Taiwanese energy company, said it received its first cargo on November 26 from the Ichthys LNG export plant in the Northern Territory of Australia, as the Asian country claimed as part of China broadens its supply sources.

The Australian Ichthys LNG export plant, the joint venture involving Inpex Corp. of Japan and French major total, has finally begun full commercial operations by shipping its first LNG cargo from the liquefaction and export plant at Bladin Point, near Darwin.

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.

Inpex Corp., the Japanese energy company and liquefied natural gas developer, has held a naming ceremony in Japan for an LNG carrier that will transport cargoes from the Ichthys export project near Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory to Taiwan.