TOKYO, May 17 (Reuters) -
* Japan's Inpex Corp 1605.T eyes first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from Ichthys LNG project in Australia by the end of September, an industry source with knowledge of the matter says
* The commissioning LNG cargo from the Ichthys project will be exported to Inpex's Naoetsu LNG terminal in Japan, two sources familiar with the matter say
* Inpex sees the Ichthys project start-up this month with gas production set to begin by the end of May as scheduled