Japan: Inpex Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for Gas Trunk Pipeline

INPEX  today held a groundbreaking ceremony for the 102km long Natural Gas Trunk Pipeline (Toyama line) extending from Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture to Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, at the nearby construction site in Uozu City, Toyama Prefecture.

Many local guests were invited to this ceremony from Niigata Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture and other stakeholders with wishes for safety and no incident of the construction. Following the ceremony, full-scale construction work will commence for Toyama Line.

Toyama Line is a natural gas trunk pipeline which will stably and efficiently carry LNG sourced natural gas to Nihonkai Gas Co, Ltd. and other customers along the Line, starting in late 2014. The LNG will be imported and offloaded at INPEX’s Naoetsu LNG Receiving Terminal in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, which is now under construction.

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LNG World News Staff, April 17, 2012