How Japan’s LNG supply depends on carbon capture in Australia

How Japan's LNG supply depends on carbon capture in Australia How Japan's LNG supply depends on carbon capture in Australia

DARWIN, Australia — One of Australia’s biggest natural resource projects is vital to Japan’s energy security and Tokyo-based Inpex’s aim to become one of the world’s leading suppliers of liquefied natural gas.

The Ichthys onshore LNG-processing facility, in the northern Australian city of Darwin, boasts a production capacity of 9.3 million tonnes a year. Of this, 70% or so is taken by Japanese electricity and gas companies.