The environmental protection authority in Australia's Northern Territory has sued INPEX for underreporting emissions from its Ichthys liquefied natural gas facility. According to the authority, INPEX is suspected of violating permit conditions by underreporting benzene and toluene emissions from 2019 to 2024. The lawsuit follows INPEX's announcement last October of significant underreporting at the facility, after which regulators conducted a review of operations at the Ichthys LNG facility and Santos' Darwin LNG facility, leading to the approval in July of 23 recommendations for tighter regulations, including the installation of continuous emissions monitoring systems. The regulator plans to draft amendments to existing permits this month to reflect these changes.
Inpex CorporationSued for underreporting emissions, leading to tighter regulations and monitoring requirements.
