Japan: power companies up LNG use in December on month

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) use by Japan’s power companies rose 5.8 percent in December when compared to the previous month.

The power companies consumed 4.83 million mt of LNG in December, as compared to 4.56 million mt in November, the preliminary data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry showed.

December purchases by the power companies were at 5.12 million mt of LNG, up 3.1 percent as compared to 4.97 million mt in November.

Japan’s ten independent regional electric power companies stopped publishing power output and demand numbers in April to ensure fair competition after the liberalisation of the retail power market.

Currently, METI’s data is the only official data available on the monthly power statistics. The ministry surveys hundreds of companies that are in the power business.

LNG World News Staff