Inpex looks to the next 40 years at Ichthys

摘要

THE Ichthys liquefied natural gas project is Inpex's first major operated project and its start-up last year marked the culmination of a 20-year journey since the company was first awarded the block containing the Ichthys field in 1998. Not long ago, the onshore facilities were a hive of construction activity, with more than 8000 workers on site each day at the peak of construction. Now the workforce largely consists of operations staff focused on ramping up the plant to its plateau production rate of 8.9 million tonnes per annum of LNG, 1.6 million tpa of liquefied petroleum gas and 100,000 barrels per day of condensate.