Shin Minato LNG Terminal

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Shin Minato LNG Terminal is an operating LNG import terminal in Japan.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Shin Minato LNG Terminal	Sendai, Miyagi, Tohoku, Japan	38.280128, 141.025958 (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
Shin Minato LNG Terminal	import	operating	0.3 mtpa	0.3 mtpa	False	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Shin Minato 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
Shin Minato LNG Terminal	import	operating	–	–	–	1997	–

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Shin Minato LNG Terminal	import	operating	City of Sendai Gas Bureau [100%]	City of Sendai Gas Bureau [100.0%]	–

Background

Shin Minato LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Tohoku, Japan.

The Shin Minato LNG Terminal was the only LNG terminal in Japan damaged by the country's large 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The facility was shut down for eight months for repairs. The terminal supplies gas for 360,000 households in the Sendai City.

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