据离岸工程2月12日消息称，日本能源公司INPEX公司宣布，这艘名为“海风”的液化天然气油轮首次停靠在位于日本新泻州Joetsu市的INPEX 公司的Naoetsu液化天然气终端。

该油轮已经从inpex运营的澳大利亚Ichthys液化天然气项目交付了一批液化天然气货物。

“海风”号油轮由海风LNG运输公司（OBLT）持有，该公司是一家由INPEX船舶公司（持股30%）和川崎汽船会社（持股70％）共同持有的合资企业，并被指定每年运输90万吨INPEX 公司的Ichthys液化天然气。

“海风”号向终端运输和交付Ichthys液化天然气，标志着INPEX发展全球天然气价值链业务的一个重要里程碑，INPEX在2018年5月宣布的Vision 2040中，将全球天然气价值链定位为该公司的业务目标之一。

展望未来，INPEX将继续努力为客户提供安全稳定的天然气供应，这是一种环保燃料。

INPEX目前参与了20多个国家的约70个项目，包括作为运营商参与澳大利亚Ichthys液化天然气项目。

曹海斌 摘译自 离岸工程

原文如下：

Oceanic Breeze Brings LNG to Japan

Japanese energy company INPEX Corporation announced that the LNG Tanker Oceanic Breeze called for the first time at INPEX’s Naoetsu LNG Terminal located in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

The tanker has delivered a cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project in Australia.

Oceanic Breeze is owned by Oceanic Breeze LNG Transport S. A. (OBLT), a joint venture between INPEX Shipping Co., Ltd. (INPEX Shipping) (30%) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (K-Line) (70%), and designated to transport the 0.9 million tons per year of Ichthys LNG entitled to INPEX.

Oceanic Breeze’s transportation and delivery of Ichthys LNG to the Terminal marks a significant milestone in INPEX’s development of a global gas value chain business, positioned as one of the company’s business targets outlined in Vision 2040 announced in May 2018.

Going forward, INPEX will continue to strive to serve its customers with safe and stable supplies of natural gas, an environmentally friendly fuel.

INPEX is currently involved in approximately 70 projects across more than 20 countries, including the Ichthys LNG Project in Australia as Operator.