Soma Port LNG Terminal
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Soma Port LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in Shinchi Town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
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Location
Soma Port LNG Terminal is located in Shinchi Town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
Project Details
- Owner:
- Parent: Japex
- Location: Shinchi Town, Fukushima , Tohoku, Japan
- Coordinates: 37.8501123, 140.9496459 (exact)
- Capacity: 1.2 mtpa, 0.17 bcfd
- Status: Operating
- Type: Import
- Start Year: 2018
Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day
Background
Soma Port LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal under construction in Shinchi Town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.[1] Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX) completed the facility's engineering design study and demand survey and made its final investment decision to build the LNG terminal and connecting pipeline in November 2013.[2] JAPEX began construction on the facility in November 2014 and is planning for a commercial operation date in March 2018.[3] The total project cost is estimated at approximately US$480 million (JPY$60 billion).[2]
The Soma LNG terminal will include a storage tank with a 230,000 kiloliter (kL) capacity, LNG vaporization equipment, tank truck loading facilities, and two berths.[3] A 40-kilometer long, 20-inch diameter pipeline currently under construction will transport vaporized natural gas from the terminal to the JAPEX Niigata-Sendai Gas Pipeline.[2] JAPEX will also construct an additional LNG storage tank at the LNG terminal with a 230,000 kL capacity for use at the planned 1,180-MW Fukushima Natural Gas Plant, which will be located on a site neighboring the LNG terminal and is expected to begin commercial operation in 2020.[4][5]
The terminal began commercial operations in March 2018.[6]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Soma Port LNG Terminal, A Barrel Full, accessed April 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Soma LNG Terminal, Japan, Hydrocarbons Technology, accessed August 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Soma LNG Terminal, JAPEX, accessed August 2017
- ↑ Decision on Commercialization of Natural Gas-Fired Power Generation Project at Soma Port in Fukushima Prefecture and Participation of New Business Partners in the Project, JAPEX, October 11, 2016
- ↑ Commencement of Construction on Fukushima Natural Gas Power Plant, JAPEX, July 31, 2017
- ↑ Japex commissions its first major LNG import terminal, LNG World Shipping, Mar. 28, 2018
