Ishikari LNG Terminal

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

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Ishikari LNG Terminal	Ishikari Bay New Port, Otaru, Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan	43.20997, 141.293247 (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
Ishikari LNG Terminal	import	operating	4.6 mtpa	4.6 mtpa	False	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Ishikari 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
Ishikari LNG Terminal	import	operating	–	–	–	2012	–

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

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

Background

Ishikari LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Hokkaido, Japan.

Ishikari LNG Terminal was commissioned in 2012 with one storage tank with 180,000 cubic meters of capacity. A second tank with 200,000 cubic meters of capacity was commissioned in 2016. The terminal will provide fuel for a large-scale gas-fired power plant being constructed at Ishikari Bay New Port.

In August 2018 a third storage tank with 230,000 cubic meters of capacity was commissioned.

The expansion of Ishikari LNG terminal was completed by Hokkaido Gas with the fourth storage tank of 230,000 m³ capacity entering into service in October 2020.

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Additional data

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