Shin Tokyo Gas Pipeline

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Shin Tokyo Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline in Japan.

Location

The pipeline runs from Joetsu, Niigata to Tomioka-shi, Gunma Prefecture

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Project Details

• Operator: INPEX
• Parent Company: INPEX
• Current Capacity:
• Proposed Capacity:
• Length: 132 miles / 213 kilometers
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1997

Background

The pipeline was originally built between Joetsu, Niigata and Shinano, Nagano in 1997 and was extended in three phases: by 93 km to Karuizawa, Nagano in 2000; by 46 km to Tomioka, Gunma in 2007; and by 19 km to Fujioka, Gunma in 2012.