INPEX 宣布其子公司 INPEX Browse 获得了澳大利亚 2022 年海上石油勘探区块释放中释放区域 AC22-1（现称为 AC/P71（区块））的勘探许可证。INPEX Browse 将担任运营商并持有该区块 100% 的工作权益。

该区块位于西澳大利亚北部海岸，占地面积约 920 平方公里，水深约为 100-300 米。INPEX Browse 将根据所有权义务开展勘探活动。

该区块毗邻 AC/RL7 保留租赁权，INPEX 于 2023 年获得了该租赁权 74% 的参与权益，并且在该租赁权区发现了天然气和凝析气田。

该区块位于 Ichthys 凝析气田附近，该气田为 Ichthys 液化天然气项目供应天然气，该项目的生产作业由 INPEX 及其项目合作伙伴负责运营。

INPEX announced that its subsidiary INPEX Browse was awarded an exploration permit over Release Area AC22-1, now named AC/P71 (the Block) in Australia’s 2022 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release. INPEX Browse will be Operator and hold 100% working interest in the title.

The Block is located off the northern coast of Western Australia and covers a surface area of approximately 920 sq km, in water depths ranging between approximately 100-300 m. INPEX Browse will pursue exploration activities as per the title obligations.

The Block is adjacent to the AC/RL7 Retention Lease, in which INPEX acquired a 74 percent participating interest in 2023 and where natural gas and condensate fields have been discovered.

The Block is located in the general vicinity of the Ichthys Gas-condensate Field, which supplies natural gas to the Ichthys LNG Project, where production operations are ongoing under the operatorship of INPEX in cooperation with its project partners.