Niihama LNG Terminal

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Niihama LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Niihama, Ehine, Shikoku, Japan.

Location

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Project Details

• Operator: Niihama LNG Co Ltd
• Owner: Niihama LNG Co Ltd
• Parent: Tokyo Gas (50.1%), Shikoku Electric Power (30%), Sumitomo Chemical (14.9%), Shikoku Gas (5%)
• Location: Niihama, Ehine, Shikoku, Japan
• Coordinates: 33.984979, 133.314241 (exact)
• Capacity: 1 mtpa
• Status: Operating
• Type: Import
• Start Year: 2022
• Associated Infrastructure: Niihama Kita thermal power station

Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day

Background

In February 2018 Sumitomo announced that it would build a terminal in Niihama with a 230,000 cubic meter storage tank. Sumitomo will work with Shikoku Electric Power, Shikoku Gas and Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions in the development of the project.

The new 1 mtpa Niihama LNG terminal is under construction on Shikoku island with operations expected to start by February 2022. The terminal is planned to supply gas to a new 150 MW CCGT power plant scheduled to come online in July 2022.

In March 2022, Niihama LNG terminal began operations.