Joetsu LNG Terminal

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Joetsu (Naoetsu) LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Chūbu, Japan.

Location

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Project Details

• Owner:
• Parent: Chubu Electric Power, Toho Gas, Chita LNG
• Location: Naoetsu in Joetsu city, Niigata Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, Chūbu, Japan
• Coordinates: 37.20902, 138.276978 (exact)
• Capacity: 3.3 mtpa, 0.47 bcfd
• Additional Proposed Capacity: mtpa, 0 bcfd
• Status: Operating
• Type: Import
• Start Year: 2012

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

Background

Joetsu LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Chūbu, Japan.

Construction of Joetsu LNG Terminal began in 2007 and received its first test cargo in 2011 and began full operation in 2013. The terminal has three 180,000 m³ LNG storage tanks. The terminal, which imports LNG from Indonesia and Australia, received the first American import of LNG to Japan in 2016. Gas from the plant is sold to the Tokyo market.