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((Short description|Japanese oil company))
((About|the petroleum company|the invention show|INPEX))
((Update|date=September 2016))
((Infobox company 
| name = INPEX Corporation
| native_name = 株式会社INPEX
| native_name_lang = ja
| romanized_name = Kokusai Sekiyu Kaihatsu-Teiseki kabushiki gaisha<br>"'''In'''ternational '''P'''etroleum '''Ex'''ploration-Teikoku Oil stock company"
| logo = Inpex logo.svg
| image = Akasaka-Biz-Tower-01.jpg
| type = [[Public company|Public]] [[Kabushiki gaisha|KK]]
| traded_as = ((tyo|1605))<br>[[Nikkei 225]] component<br>[[TOPIX]] Large70 component
| foundation = 1941 (as Teikoku Oil)<br />1966 (as North Sumatra Offshore Petroleum Exploration after contract with [[Pertamina]] predecessor)
| location = [[Akasaka Biz Tower]] 5-3-1 [[Akasaka, Tokyo|Akasaka]], [[Minato, Tokyo|Minato-ku]], [[Tokyo]] 107-6332 Japan
| key_people = Kunihiko Matsuo, Chairman<br />Naoki Kuroda, President
| industry = [[Petroleum industry|Petroleum]]
| revenue = ((profit)) ¥ 2,324.6 billion [[Japanese yen|JPY]] ([[fiscal year|FY]] 2022)
| net_income = ((profit)) ¥ 438.2 billion [[Japanese yen|JPY]] ([[fiscal year|FY]] 2022)
| num_employees = 2,146 (784 temporary workers) (2011)
| owner = [[Government of Japan]] through [[JOGMEC]] (18.96%)
| homepage = [http://www.inpex.co.jp/english/ www.inpex.co.jp]
))

'''INPEX Corporation''' is a Japanese [[oil]] company established in February 1966 as North Sumatra Offshore Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.<ref name="japantimes.co.jp">The Japan Times [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20041118a2.html Inpex fetches 549,000 yen in debut on first section November 18 2004] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411171140/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20041118a2.html |date=2020-04-11 )) Retrieved on August 14, 2012</ref> INPEX is the largest oil and gas exploration and production company in Japan, with global exploration, development and production projects in 20 countries.<ref name="INPEX 2019 Annual Report">[https://www.inpex.co.jp/english/ir/library/pdf/annual_report/inpex_annualreport201912_en.pdf INPEX 2019 Annual Report]</ref> In the 2020 [[Forbes Global 2000]], INPEX was ranked as the 597th -largest public company in the world.<ref>((cite web | url= https://www.forbes.com/companies/inpex/#999d29d1e2d1 | title= Forbes Global 2000 | website= [[Forbes]] | access-date = 31 October 2020))</ref>

==Public listing==
INPEX was listed on the first section of the [[Tokyo Stock Exchange]] on November 17, 2004 when the indebted Japan National Oil Corporation (JNOC), now part of the [[JOGMEC|Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation]] which owned a 53.96% stake in INPEX, put up for sale 343,725 shares (17.9 percent of INPEX's 1.92 million outstanding shares). At the time, 18.9 percent of the company was owned by [[Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry|METI]].<ref name=Vivoda/> It was the second of JNOC's subsidiaries to go public, after the [[JAPEX|Japan Petroleum Exploration Company]] in December 2003.<ref name="japantimes.co.jp"/>

==Merger==
As a result of a government-orchestrated merger, INPEX Corporation and Teikoku Oil agree to form INPEX Holdings on April 3, 2006.<ref>INPEX website [http://www.inpex.co.jp/english/company/profile.html Company Overview June 26 2012] Retrieved on August 14, 2012</ref><ref>The Japan Times [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nb20060810a7.html Inpex books 25.76 billion yen profit August 10 2006]Retrieved on August 14, 2012 ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215125950/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/08/10/news/inpex-books-25-76-billion-yen-profit/ |date=February 15, 2015 ))</ref><ref name=Vivoda>((cite book |last1=Vivoda |first1=Vlado |title=Energy Security in Japan: Challenges After Fukushima))</ref> On October 1, 2008, the merger was completed with Inpex Corporation being formed from INPEX Holdings, INPEX, and Teikoku Oil, and the headquarters were moved to [[Akasaka, Tokyo]].<ref>INPEX website [http://www.inpex.co.jp/english/company/history.html History - Inpex Corporation] Retrieved on August 14, 2012</ref><ref>INPEX website [http://www.inpex.co.jp/english/company/message.html Message from the management October 2008] Retrieved on August 14, 2012</ref>

The Mahakam Bloc, the original INPEX's first site, was nationalized by the [[Government of Indonesia]] in 2018, and is currently operated by [[Pertamina]].

===Teikoku Oil===
Teikoku Oil Company Ltd was founded as a semi-governmental company to unify the existing Japanese oil exploration companies in 1941.<ref name="History">((cite web |title=History |url=https://www.inpex.co.jp/english/company/history.html |website=INPEX CORPORATION |access-date=29 November 2019 |language=en))</ref>

*1950 Commerced development at Yabase oil field, [[Akita Prefecture|Akita]], Japan
*1959 Kubiki oil and gas field commenced production
*1962 Completed Japan's first long-distance natural gas pipeline between [[Tokyo]] and [[Niigata Prefecture]]<ref name="History"/>
*1965 Completed development at Minami-Aga oil field
*1970 Higashi-Kashiwazaki gas field commenced production 
*1975 Completed development of overseas project at [[Democratic Republic of Congo]]
*1980 West Bakr block of [[Egypt]] commenced production (sold in 2012 after cumulative production of approximately 50 million barrels of oil)<ref>((cite news |last1=Gas |first1=Egypt Oil & |title=Transglobe Energy Corporation acquires West Bakr concession... |url=https://egyptoil-gas.com/news/transglobe-energy-corporation-acquires-west-bakr-concession-agreement-in-egypt/ |access-date=29 November 2019 |work=Egypt Oil & Gas |date=3 January 2012))</ref>

==Staff==
In the fiscal year 2011 the company had 2,146 staff, with 784 temporary employees.<ref name="inpex.co.jp">Inpex website [http://www.inpex.co.jp/english/ir/shareholder/pdf/e20120604.pdf NOTICE OF THE 6th ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS p.39 June 4 2012] Retrieved on August 17, 2012</ref> As at 31 December 2019, INPEX had 3,117 employees on a consolidated basis.<ref name="INPEX 2019 Annual Report"/>

As of March 31, 2010, the INPEX Labor Union has 1,030 members. The company has a labor-management council and regular meetings are held.<ref>Inpex website [http://www.inpex.co.jp/english/csr/social/resources.html Employee Development and Health Management] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830195149/http://www.inpex.co.jp/english/csr/social/resources.html |date=2011-08-30 )) Retrieved on August 17, 2012</ref>

== Projects ==

===Operations in Japan===
The main focus of the company's operations in Japan is the [[Minami-Nagaoka Gas Field]] in [[Niigata Prefecture]].<ref name="inpex.co.jp"/> INPEX also operates the Naoetsu LNG receiving terminal in Niigata and a natural gas pipeline network of approximately 1,500&nbsp;km to connect to gas customers within Japan.<ref name="INPEX 2019 Annual Report"/>

=== Ichthys ===
((More citations needed|section|date=March 2017))
((Update|section|date=March 2017))

((main|Ichthys gas field))
INPEX created a venture company called INPEX Browse, Ltd on 1 September 1998. This was for a previously wholly owned INPEX project in the offshore Basin off the north west coast of Western Australia where a gas-field was discovered in the WA-285-P permit area. The official name of the proposed development project was to be the Ichthys (gas-field) Development, which the company wanted to base on the Maret Islands. After farming out 24% of the permit ownership to [[Total S.A.]]'s subsidiary Total E&P Australia the concept and location was changed.

The location of this project, and the issue of industrialising the [[Kimberley (Western Australia)|Kimberley coast]] was under discussion in Australia at the time. Environmentalists and local ecotourism operators ware concerned about industrial infrastructure destroying the pristine nature of this coast line.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/09/02/3000398.htm ABC Local News]</ref>

The original project consisted of an offshore Central Processing Facilities (CPF), supplying two phase gas to an onshore facility on the Maret Islands. The facilities on the Maret Islands were to include gas receiving, LNG process plant (2 x 3.8Mtpa trains), product storage and export facilities. The Maret Islands are located approximately 200&nbsp;km south-east of the Ichthys Field, which is approx. 440&nbsp;km north of Broome and 800&nbsp;km south west of Darwin.

The project for the LNG plant to be located on the isolated Maret Islands was scrapped with the [[Liquefied natural gas|LNG]] Plant now to be built at Bladin Point industrial site which is located on the Middle Arm Peninsula in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]], [[Northern Territory]], with a ((convert|889|km|mi)) pipeline from the lchthys Field to the LNG Plant, after regulatory delays in Western Australia.<ref>((cite news | title = Inpex chooses Darwin for LNG plant | publisher = LiveNews.com.au | date = 2008-09-26 | url = http://livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/09/26/Inpex_chooses_Darwin_for_LNG_plant | access-date = 2008-09-26 ))((Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref><ref>((cite news | title = Darwin chosen for $12b Inpex project | publisher = ABC News | work = Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date = 2008-09-26 | url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/26/2375214.htm | access-date = 2008-09-26 ))
</ref>

The Ichthys Project's Front-End Engineering Design ([[Front-end loading|FEED]]) was completed in April 2011. Final Investment Decision (FID) was announced on 13 January 2012.

In January 2012 INPEX said the 8.4 million tonne per annum (mtpa) project near Darwin will cost about $34 billion, some 60 per cent more than INPEX's original estimate of $20 billion.
INPEX said it and French energy company Total, its joint venture partner, had given the final approval to the project. Total had expressed interest in increasing its stake in the project from 24% to 30%, and negotiations between the two companies were underway.

The project was estimated to contribute $3.5 billion into the Australian economy each year, and require around 2,700 workers during peak construction, and another 300 jobs ongoing once it is operational.<ref>The Age [http://www.theage.com.au/business/game-changer-lng-project-approved-for-darwin-20120113-1pya2.html 'Game changer' LNG project approved for Darwin January 13 2012]</ref>

The EPC early works phase, such as commencement of site development, infrastructure works and accommodation village and dredging began in 2012. LNG Production in the magnitude of app. 8.4mtpa is projected to be online by fourth quarter of 2016. The first shipment from the Ichthys LNG plant was made in October 2018.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/hit-the-gas-ichthys-farewells-first-wa-lng-shipment-20181023-p50bhd.html|title=Hit the gas: Ichthys farewells first WA LNG shipment|date=23 October 2018))</ref>

=== Abadi ===
In November 2008, INPEX acquired a 100 per cent participating interest in the Masela Block in Indonesia.<ref>((Cite web| url=http://www.inpex.co.jp/english/business/indonesia.html#indns03|title=INPEX Asia & Oceania|access-date=8 December 2011|publisher=INPEX Corporation))</ref> Gas was discovered in 2000 when the Abadi-1 exploratory well was drilled. This marked the first discovery of crude oil and natural gas in the [[Arafura Sea]] in [[Tanimbar]], [[Mollucas]], Indonesia.

A development plan was submitted to the Indonesian government and subsequently approved. Preparatory measures for Front-End Engineering Design, set to begin in the first half of 2012, are currently in process.<ref>((Cite web| url=http://www.inpex.co.jp/english/news/pdf/2011/e20110722-b.pdf|title=Partnering in the Abadi Project, the Masela Block, Arafura Sea, Indonesia|access-date=8 December 2011|publisher=INPEX Corporation))</ref>

In 2017 the company is ready to start the Pre FEED phase and hold a joint workshop with [[SKK Migas]].<ref>((Cite web| url=https://news.lelemuku.com/2017/05/inpex-asked-to-accelerate-development.html|title=Inpex Asked to Accelerate Development of Masela Block|access-date=22 June 2017|publisher=Lelemuku.com))</ref>

=== Eurasia region ===
INPEX is a minority shareholder in the [[Kashagan Field]] in [[Kazakhstan]] and the [[Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli]] project, offshore [[Azerbaijan]] in the [[Caspian Sea]].

==References and notes==
((Reflist))
*[http://www.inpexhd.co.jp/english/i_r/i_r02_data.html INPEX Financial Highlights]

==External links==
*((in lang|en)) [http://www.inpex.co.jp/english/index.html INPEX Corporation]
* [http://www.inpex.com.au/  INPEX Australia - Browse Project]

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