Niihama LNG Terminal

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Sakaide LNG Terminal is a proposed LNG terminal in Niihama, Ehine, Shikoku, Japan.

Location

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Project Details

• Owner:
• Parent: Sumitomo
• Location: Niihama, Ehine, Shikoku, Japan
• Coordinates: 33.984979, 133.314241 (exact)
• Capacity: 1.58 mtpa, 0.23 bcfd
• Additional Proposed Capacity:
• Status: Operating
• Type: Import
• Start Year: 2022

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

Background

In February 2018 Sumitomo announced that it would build a terminal in Niihama with a 230,000 cubic meter storage tank. Sumitomo will work with Shikoku Electric Power, Shikoku Gas and Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions in the development of the project.