Hitachi LNG Terminal

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Hitachi LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in Japan with units that are operating.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Expansion Hitachi Port, Ibaraki, Kanto, Japan 36.4842787, 140.618882 (exact)
Hitachi LNG Terminal (base project) Hitachi Port, Ibaraki, Kanto, Japan 36.4842787, 140.618882 (exact)

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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
Expansion import operating 3.2 mtpa 6.4 mtpa False Ibaraki-Tochigi Gas Pipeline[1]
Hitachi LNG Terminal (base project) import operating 3.2 mtpa 6.4 mtpa False Ibaraki-Tochigi Gas Pipeline[1]

Table 3: Cost

Name Facility type Cost Total known terminal costs
Expansion import
Hitachi LNG Terminal (base project) 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
Expansion import operating 2021
Hitachi LNG Terminal (base project) import operating 2016

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name Facility type Status Owners Parent companies Operator
Expansion import operating Tokyo Gas Co Ltd [100%] Tokyo Gas Co Ltd [100.0%]
Hitachi LNG Terminal (base project) import operating Tokyo Gas Co Ltd [100%] Tokyo Gas Co Ltd [100.0%]

Background

Hitachi LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Kanto, Japan.[2]

Completed in March 2016, the Hitachi LNG Terminal has one 50,000 kilolitre tank for LPG storage and one 230,000 kilolitres tank for LNG storage. The LNG terminal is connected to the Ibaraki-Tochigi Gas Pipeline which links the terminal to Tokyo Gas' three other LNG terminals in the region.[3]

Expansion Background

A second LNG tank is planned to be built by 2020 to handle future expansion of the retail gas market.[4] Construction of the expansion began in April 2018, and would double the terminal's capacity.[5]

In March 2021, Tokyo Gas announced that the second storage tank had been commissioned.[6]

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

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  2. Hitachi LNG Terminal, Gas Technology, accessed April 2017
  3. Tokyo Gas begins construction of second Hitachi LNG tank, LNG World Shipping, Apr. 17, 2018
  4. Japan Tokyo Gas Hitachi terminal starts up; LNG growth expected by 2020, Eriko Amaha, S&P Global Platts, March 2016
  5. Tokyo Gas begins construction of second Hitachi LNG tank, LNG World Shipping, Apr. 17, 2018
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