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.