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energy reporter Daniel Mercer

Japan's Inpex says Australia risks unintended consequences as it 'quietly quits' LNG

Inpex's $60 billion Ichthys LNG project is Japan's biggest single investment in Australia. (Supplied: Inpex)

The head of Japan's biggest oil and gas producer has warned that Australia risks undermining global security through a decision to "quietly quit" the international gas trade.

In an extraordinary speech delivered at a federal parliamentary event on Thursday, Inpex chief executive Takayuki Ueda suggested Japan had been rattled by government interventions in Australia's gas industry.

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