Sakaide LNG Terminal

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

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Sakaide LNG Terminal	Sakaide, Kagawa, Shikoku, Japan	34.3568348, 133.8367306 (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
Sakaide LNG Terminal	import	operating	1.2 mtpa	1.2 mtpa	False	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Sakaide 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
Sakaide LNG Terminal	import	operating	–	–	–	2010	–

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Sakaide LNG Terminal	import	operating	Sakaide LNG [100%]	Sakaide LNG [100.0%]	–

Background

Sakaide LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Shikoku, Japan.

Sakaide LNG Terminal began operation in 2010 with LNG storage capacity of 180,000 m3. The facility has received cargo from Malaysia.

In August 2025, Sakaide LNG announced an additional LNG tank with a capacity of 180,000 kiloliters and vaporization unit with a gas flow rate of 50 tons/hour. They are set to begin operations in 2031 and 2029, respectively.

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