INPEX Commences Drilling for Ichthys LNG Project

INPEX announced Wednesday the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project commenced drilling at the Ichthys gas-condensate field, about 200km off the Western Australian coast.

The first development well was spudded on Tuesday.

“Today we officially mark the beginning of our development drilling program after years of intensive optimization studies and detailed planning,” Managing Director Ichthys LNG Project Louis Bon said. “This campaign will target the Brewster reservoir with 20 production wells. The wells will be drilled into reservoirs about 4,000 to 4,500 meters beneath the seabed.” 

Natural gas and other produce lifted from the development wells will be transported via subsea production facilities to the offshore central processing facility.

The project is expected to produce 8.4 million tons of LNG and 1.6 million tons of LPG per annum, along with approximately 100,000 barrels of condensate per day at peak. Production is scheduled to commence by the end of 2016.