Alaska Japan LNG Terminal

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Alaska Japan LNG Terminal is a cancelled (confirmed) LNG export terminal in United States.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Alaska Japan LNG Terminal	United States	61.268424, -149.91703 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the terminal:

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Project Details

Table 2: Infrastructure details

mtpa = million tonnes per year

Name	Facility type	Status	Capacity	Total terminal capacity	Offshore	Associated infrastructure
Alaska Japan LNG Terminal	export	cancelled (confirmed)	1 mtpa	1.0 mtpa	False	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Alaska Japan LNG Terminal	export	–	–

Financing

No financing data available.

Table 4: Project timeline

FID = Final Investment Decision, used by some developers to indicate a project will move forward

Name	Facility type	Status	Proposal year	FID year	Construction year	Operating year	Inactive year
Alaska Japan LNG Terminal	export	cancelled (confirmed)	–	–	–	–	2017 (cancelled)

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Alaska Japan LNG Terminal	export	cancelled (confirmed)	Resources Energy Inc [100%]	Resources Energy Inc [100.0%]	–

Background

Resources Energy Inc. (REI) is planning an LNG terminal with a capacity of 1 million-1.5 million mtpa at Port MacKenzie, a municipal-owned port on upper Cook Inlet. Capital costs are estimated to be between $1.2 billion and $1.8 billion for the terminal, and an additional $1 billion would be needed to purchase the gas. REI hopes to have its project completed and in production by 2019 or 2020, and will at least initially purchase Cook Inlet gas. REI is a small Japanese owned company, and is aiming at niche markets for LNG which are expected to open in Japan in the next few years as the nation deregulates its gas and electric power industries. Deregulation in Japan means municipalities and other industries will be able to participate in the electric power and gas businesses in competition.

In April 2017, REI announced it was cancelling the LNG terminal project, citing unfavourable market conditions as a result of global LNG oversupply. The company closed its Anchorage office at the end of March 2017. REI had previously been hopeful of securing financing for the project from Japan Bank for International Cooperation.

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