据路透社东京10月16日消息称，据知情人士透露，日本能源勘探公司Inpex公司本周将在澳大利亚西北部长期推迟的Ichthys项目中装载首批液化天然气货物。
对于日本最大的海外投资运营商Inpex公司而言，这批货物将成为其重要里程碑，也是第一个由该公司主要负责的项目。这个耗资400亿美元的项目已经出现了多次延误和重大成本超支。
Inpex在东京的一位发言人表示，生产进展顺利，液化天然气和液化石油气（LPG）的出货即将开始，但他拒绝就包括出货时间表在内的商业事宜发表评论。
根据Refinitiv数据，LNG装运船太平洋微风号位于达尔文附近的Ichthys液化天然气终端附近，启程日期为10月17日。据其中一位消息人士称，第一批货物发运后，下个月将有三艘船装运LNG货物。
目前尚不清楚货物的航向，但一些消息人士称，5月份从Ichthys试运的液化天然气货物将出口到日本的Inpex的Naoetsu液化天然气接收终端。
Inpex在去年宣布该船名称时说，太平洋微风号每年将从Ichthys向台湾CPC公司供应175万吨液化天然气。
从Ichthys浮式生产、储存和卸载（FPSO）设施中首次冷凝装运两周后，这一举措开始出现。
曹海斌 摘译自 路透社
原文如下：
Japan's Inpex to load 1st LNG cargo from Ichthys project this week -sources
Japanese energy explorer Inpex Corp is this week set to load the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from its long-delayed Ichthys project in northwestern Australia, sources familiar with the matter said.
The shipment would be an important milestone for Inpex, the operator of Japan’s biggest overseas investment and the first major project where it is the lead operator. The $40 billion project has seen multiple delays and significant cost overruns.
An Inpex spokesman in Tokyo said that production had been going smoothly and that shipments of LNG and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) were set to begin, but he declined to comment The LNG vessel Pacific Breeze was located close to the Ichthys LNG Terminal near Darwin with a departure date of Oct. 17, according to Refinitiv data. After the first shipment, three LNG cargoes are scheduled to load next month, according to It was not clear where the cargo was heading, but some sources said in May that the commissioning LNG cargo from Ichthys would be exported to Inpex’s Naoetsu LNG receiving terminal in Japan.
In a statement last year announcing the ship’s name, Inpex said Pacific Breeze would supply 1.75 million tonnes of LNG annually from Ichthys to Taiwan’s CPC Corp.
The move comes about two weeks after the first condensate shipment from Ichthys’ floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility.
