SINGAPORE, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Inpex Corp 1605.T , Japan's top explorer, has sold its first condensate export cargo from the Ichthys project in Australia, trade sources said.
Inpex sold 350,000 barrels of Ichthys condensate to load over Sept. 28 to Oct. 8 in a tender to Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) XOM.N , the traders said.
The cargo is likely for delivery into Singapore, they added.
Exxon owns and operates Jurong Aromatics Corp's condensate splitter.
The quality of the condensate could not immediately be confirmed, but a trader said the API is likely around 50 and it has 50 percent to 60 percent yield of naphtha and 35 percent of middle distillates which comprise mainly diesel and jet fuel.
Inpex declined to comment, while Exxon did not immediately reply to a Reuters email requesting comment.
Inpex said in August that it expected the $40 billion Ichthys project to start shipping condensate, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in that order from around end-September to end-December.