Japan: Tokyo Gas Begins Work on Hitachi LNG Terminal

Tokyo Gas  of Japan started today construction work on the Hitachi LNG terminal which is under preparation for the commencement in FY2015.

Tokyo Gas is now advancing the plan to construct the terminal in Ibaraki port, Hitachi district, Hitachi city, Ibaraki pref. and to install “Ibaraki-Tochigi Line” to connect the Terminal to the existing pipeline in Moka city, Tochigi-pref., by FY2015. This plan was designed to expand the fundamental infrastructure of production and supply to deal with the increasing demand of natural gas toward 2020.

In the terminal shall be installed a non-elevated LNG tank with one of the world’s largest capacity of 230,000 kl, an LPG tank for calorie adjustment, a large jetty to receive ocean-going LNG tankers, etc.

On June 15, Ibaraki prefectural assembly gave an approval for the sale and purchase contract of the planned construction site between Tokyo Gas and Ibaraki prefecture, and both Tokyo Gas and Ibaraki prefecture concluded officially the sale and purchase contract on the same day. Since then were followed the necessary procedures for the site transfer, and today Tokyo Gas started ground-leveling work on the construction site.

This autumn, Tokyo Gas plans to commence facility construction work for an LNG tank, an LPG tank, a large jetty, etc. in the Terminal, and with “Ibaraki-Tochigi Line” which has already been under construction from the side of Tochigi pref. since January, 2012, aims at overall commencement of the Terminal in FY2015.

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LNG World News Staff, July 24, 2012; Image: Tokyo Gas