Himeji LNG Terminal

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Himeji LNG Terminal is an operating LNG import terminal in Japan.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Himeji LNG Terminal	Himeji, Hyōgo, Kansai, Japan	34.816667, 134.683333 (exact)

The map below shows the exact 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
Himeji LNG Terminal	import	operating	5.5 mtpa	5.5 mtpa	False	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Himeji LNG Terminal	import	–	–

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
Himeji LNG Terminal	import	operating	–	–	–	1979	–

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Himeji LNG Terminal	import	operating	Osaka Gas Co Ltd [100%]	Osaka Gas Co Ltd [100.0%]	–

Background

Himeji LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Kansai, Japan.

The Himeji LNG Terminal delivers approximately 2.4 million Nm3/year of natural gas, or about 30% of Osaka Gas’s total supply, with an import capacity of 5.5 mtpa. In 2004, the terminal began to also operate as an electric power generation facility through the use of LNG cold energy technology.

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