Ichthys News

Inpex adds to acreage near Ichthys

Nov 03, 2017

Japan's Inpex has been awarded an exploration permit for Release Area WA-532-P, close to its Ichthys LNG development, in Australia’s 2016 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release. Inpex Browse will hold a 100% participating interest in the block…

Year in review: Top 10 2017 capex projects

Dec 19, 2017

Audrey Leon takes a look through some of the industry’s biggest ongoing projects by capex in 2017. Five of the 10 biggest projects by capex were offshore projects in 2017, led by Inpex’s Ichthys LNG project offshore Australia.  Ichthys…

Ichthys Venturer arrives in Australia

Aug 14, 2017

The Ichthys Venturer floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility has arrived in Australian waters today (14 August), as Inpex gears up to begin hook-up and commissioning activities. The Ichthys Venturer at the DSME shipyard…

Santos moves to take stake in Beehive, Australia

Dec 12, 2017

Australia's Santos has agreed to partly fund and lead a new 3D seismic survey over the beehive prospect in Australia's Bonaparte Basin in return for an up to 80% farm-in option in the permit. Santos calls Beehive, which sits on the WA-488-P permit…

Ichthys LNG FPSO moored offshore Australia

Aug 25, 2017

The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project’s floating production, storage and offloading facility (FPSO) has been safely moored today in the Ichthys field, 220km off the north coast of Western Australia. The 336m-long FPSO, Ichthys Venturer…

Samsung delivers Egina FPSO

Nov 03, 2017

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has delivered French oil major Total's deepwater Egina floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The vessel was completed at SHI's Geoje-shipyard under a US$3 billion turnkey project, and set sail for Nigeria on 31 October 2017…

TechnipFMC: Major projects on the horizon, deepwater looms large

Oct 26, 2017

A steady recovery is in motion in the subsea business with the potential for major subsea awards in the remaining months of this year and throughout 2018, according to TechnipFMC's boss Doug Pferdehirt.  The firm won US$2.5 billion in…

Wood Group bags Ichthys subsea deal

Sep 06, 2017

Wood Group secured a new, five-year contract with Inpex Operations Australia (Inpex Australia) to provide subsea engineering services for the integrity of the Ichthys LNG Project, offshore Western Australia. Image from Inpex…

VIDEO: Ichthys FPSO sets sail from South Korea

Jul 19, 2017

The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project’s floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility Ichthys Venturer has set sail for Australia. The 336m-long long ship-shaped, offshore facility has started a 5600km voyage that will take about one month to complete…

Ichthys Explorer arrives in Browse basin

May 30, 2017

Inpex's Ichthys Explorer, the world's largest semisubmersible platform safely arrived in the Australian waters of the Browse basin, marking a milestone for the Ichthys LNG project. The Ichthys Explorer…

OE17: Wood Group inks Inpex gig

Sep 05, 2017

Wood Group has won a five-year contract with INPEX Operations Australia to provide subsea engineering services for the integrity of the Ichthys LNG Project, offshore Western Australia. The operations of all subsea assets and the gas export pipeline will be supported under the contract…

OE17: A viable FPS future?

Sep 07, 2017

The floating production systems (FPS) market has been heavily impacted by the oil price downturn. Orders declined significantly from 17 in 2014 to four in 2015 and zero in 2016. There have been signs of a recovery in 2017, with seven orders booked year to date…

Inpex CPF sets sail to Ichthys field

Apr 28, 2017

The Ichthys Explorer, the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project’s central processing facility (CPF), sailed away from its construction site in Geoje, South Korea in route to the Ichthys field offshore Western Australia, following the completion of shipyard commissioning and preparation work…

Aqualis completes Ichthys CPF job

Jun 19, 2017

Marine and offshore engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has successfully completed its position keeping role for the Ichthys central processing facility (CPF), which is now moored to a storm safe condition in Australian waters. On 29 May 2017…

Monadelphous inks Ichthys maintenance contract

May 09, 2017

Engineering company Monadelphous Group has been awarded a major, long-term offshore maintenance services contract for Inpex Operations Australia associated with the Ichthys LNG project. The contract is for an initial six years with a further two…

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