Inpex exercises pre-emptive rights to buy JERA's stake in Ichthys LNG project

By Yuka ObayashiJapan's biggest oil and gas explorer, Inpex TSE:1605 said on Friday it had exercised its pre-emptive rights to buy a 0.735% stake in its Ichthys liquefied natural gas project in Australia from JERA, blocking a deal agreed with MidOcean Energy.A flagship project for Inpex, Ichthys be…