Hitachi LNG Terminal

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Hitachi LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Kanto, Japan.

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Project Details

  • Owner: Tokyo Gas
  • Location: Hitachi Port, Ibaraki, Kanto, Japan
  • Coordinates: 36.4842787, 140.618882 (exact)
  • Capacity: 3.2 million tonnes per annum[1]
  • Status: Operating
  • Type: Import
  • Start Year: 2016

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

Background

Hitachi LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Kanto, Japan.[2]

Completed in March 2016, the Hitachi LNG Terminal has one 50,000 kilolitre tank for LPG storage and one 230,000 kilolitres tank for LNG storage. The LNG terminal is connected to the Ibaraki-Tochigi Gas Pipeline which links the terminal to Tokyo Gas' three other LNG terminals in the region.[3]

Expansion Project Details

  • Owner: Tokyo Gas
  • Location: Hitachi Port, Ibaraki, Kanto, Japan
  • Coordinates: 36.4842787, 140.618882 (exact)
  • Capacity: 3.2 million tonnes per annum[1]
  • Status: Operating[4]
  • Type: Import
  • Start Year: 2021

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

Expansion Background

A second LNG tank is planned to be built by 2020 to handle future expansion of the retail gas market.[5] Construction of the expansion began in April 2018, and would double the terminal's capacity.[6]

In March 2021, Tokyo Gas announced that the second storage tank had been commissioned.[4]

Articles and resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Tokyo Gas Begins Construction of Second Hitachi LNG Tank," Rivera Newsletters, 4/28/18
  2. Hitachi LNG Terminal, Gas Technology, accessed April 2017
  3. Tokyo Gas begins construction of second Hitachi LNG tank, LNG World Shipping, Apr. 17, 2018
  4. 4.0 4.1 Adnan Bajic, Tokyo Gas commissions Hitachi LNG tank 2, Offshore Energy, Mar. 11, 2021
  5. Japan Tokyo Gas Hitachi terminal starts up; LNG growth expected by 2020, Eriko Amaha, S&P Global Platts, March 2016
  6. Tokyo Gas begins construction of second Hitachi LNG tank, LNG World Shipping, Apr. 17, 2018

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