Japan LNG news
Osaka Gas may sign new long-term LNG supplies to boost trading
Osaka Gas may sign new long-term LNG contracts as Japan’s second-biggest city gas supplier boosts its trading operations amid a shake-up in the Asian market for the fuel.
Tokyo Gas takes first LNG cargo from Cove Point
Japan received its first shipment of LNG on 21 May from Dominion Energy Inc’s newly completed Cove Point export plant.
Osaka Gas wins Taiwan LNG terminal consulting work
Japanese city gas supplier Osaka Gas says its subsidiary has won consulting work for LNG terminals planned by Taiwan’s state-owned CPC Corp and Taiwan Power Co.
Ichthys to ship first LNG cargo by end of September
Inpex is expecting to ship its first LNG cargo from the Ichthys project by the end of September.
Gas giants swap roles
The gas market is being flipped upside down.
“K” Line, Chubu Electric Power, Toyota Tsusho, and NYK Line establish LNG bunkering joint ventures
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Chubu Electric Power Co., Toyota Tsusho Corporation, and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha have agreed to launch an LNG bunkering business in Japan.
India seeks Japan's help to build LNG facilities
India asked Japan to help build infrastructure needed to boost the usage of LNG in India and elsewhere in Asia.
Panama Canal consolidates strategic position in the transportation of LNG
The Panama Canal has welcomed the inaugural transit of the LNG Sakura, which carried the first-ever LNG shipment from the Dominion Cove Point terminal in the US to Japan last weekend.
The state of the industry: LNG demand forecasts for 2018
Industry executives expect strong LNG demand to be able to absorb new supply coming online in 2018.
Japan spot LNG contract price falls to 5-month low
Average spot LNG price in March falls to US$8.80/mmBtu from US$10.60/mmBtu.