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Ichthys 890km pipeline installed

Nov 05, 2015

Japan's INPEX has completed offshore pipelay of the 890km-long, 42in diameter gas export pipeline for the Ichthys LNG project. Pipelay on the project, which INPEX says is the longest subsea pipeline in the southern hemisphere and the third longest subsea pipeline in the world…

INPEX's Ichthys CPF launched

Sep 24, 2015

Japan's INPEX has launched the central processing facility (CPF) for its US$34 billion Ichthys LNG Project offshore Australia. The CPF, billed as the world's largest semisubmersible by INPEX, was launched from Samsung Heavy Industries' offshore floating dock in Geoje…

Inpex sees delays at Ichthys

Sep 11, 2015

Japan’s INPEX Corp. announced an updated expected production start-up schedule and raised the anticipated production capacity of the Ichthys LNG project, offshore Western Australia. Ichthys layout…

Mooring work begins at Ichthys

May 12, 2015

Mooring installation has gun at Inpex's Ichthys field in Australia's Browse Basin, the company announced on 8 May 2015. The first of 49 foundation piles was safely deployed and driven into the seabed on Wednesday, 6 May 2015, in 250m water depth…

Kongsberg in US$10 million Ichthys contract

Apr 14, 2015

Saipem awarded Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies a US$10 million contract for the delivery of subsea structures for the gas export pipeline project of the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. Image from Kongsberg…

Petrofac wins Ichthys LNG work

Apr 08, 2015

INPEX awarded Petrofac an integrity and maintenance program development contract by for the Ichthys LNG Project, offshore Western Australia. The Ichthys field. From INPEX.   The INPEX…

Santos, INPEX gain off Western Australia

Feb 25, 2015

Santos and INPEX were awarded two exploration permits offshore Western Australia. Image from INPEX.   Blocks WA-513-P and WA-514-P are located about 500km north-northeast of Broome and cover areas of 335sq km and 415sq km…

Ichthys deepwater pipelay underway

Feb 09, 2015

Deepwater pipelay on the 889km-long gas export pipeline (GEP) for INPEX' Ichthys LNG Project has started offshore Australia. Saipem’s deepwater installation vessel Castorone will lay the remaining 718km offshore section of the 42in. diameter…

Development drilling starts on Ichthys

Feb 04, 2015

Development drilling has started on the INPEX-operated Ichthys gas-condensate field, part of the Ichthys LNG Project about 200km offshore Western Australian. The first of about 20 horizontal production wells to be drilled was spudded 3 February…

McDermott completes Ichthys installation

Nov 12, 2014

McDermott International delivered its 7,200-ton riser support structure (RSS) tower for the Ichthys project in the Browse basin, about 124mi off Western Australia. Engineered in Singapore and fabricated on Batam Island, Indonesia, the RSS tower is more than 328ft tall…

Ichthys LNG gets RSS tower

Nov 06, 2014

The Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project is moving forward with the installation of a 6500-tonne riser support structure (RSS) tower at the Ichthys Field, marking the beginning of the project’s major installation campaign. The Ichthys LNG project RSS…

Expro gets US$50 million Ichthys contract

Oct 15, 2014

Expro obtained a US$50 million contract to supply a high rate well testing package and ancillary services for the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG Project, off Australia. Upon the terms of agreement, Expro will provide well testing, large bore subsea landing string…

McDermott finalizes Ichthys valves

Oct 02, 2014

Wojciech Zmudzinski, chief pipeline engineer for McDermott (right) with an INPEX Ichthys Project representative during a valve manufacturing inspection at a factory in Italy. (Photo: Business Wire) McDermott…

Inpex transfers Malaysian interest to Santos

Sep 02, 2014

Inpex Corp. reached an agreement to transfer a 25% participating interest in the deepwater Block S offshore East Malaysia to Australia-based Santos. Block S is located in the Sabah basin and covers 574sq km with a water depth ranging from 200m to 1500m…

Pay for Santos at Lasseter-1/ST1

Aug 25, 2014

Santos hit a gas discovery at the Lasseter-1/ST1 exploration well, offshore Western Australia.  Map of WA-274-P from Inpex The block and its surrounding areas are considered an area of high exploration potential…

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