Project Profile
Value: US$1.5 billion
Location: Ibaraki port, Hitachi district, Japan
Capacity: LNG tank unit with 230,000 kl and LPG Tank unit with 50,000 kl
Start-up Year: March 2016
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. signed a contract regarding the sale and purchase of the planned construction site of Hitachi LNG Terminal which is under preparation for the commencement in FY2015, with the site owner, Ibaraki prefecture. Work started in 2012, and the terminal commenced commercial operations in March 2016. The LNG terminal is linked to Tokyo Gas\' other gas terminals via a loop line, while two other lines, the Saito Line and Ibraki-Tochigi Line, will help tap latent natural gas demand around the northern Kanto region.
In addition, Tokyo Gas aims to complete a second LNG storage tank at the terminal by 2020. The Koga-Moka line and a second Ibraki line will add more looping to the associated high-pressure pipeline network.
On June 15 2012, Ibaraki prefectural assembly gave an approval for the sale and purchase contract of the planned construction site between Tokyo Gas and Ibaraki prefecture, and both Tokyo Gas and Ibaraki prefecture concluded officially the sale and purchase contract. Tokyo Gas plans to commence operations in FY2015, with “Ibaraki-Tochigi Line”, which has already been under construction from the side of Tochigi pref. since January, 2012. The facilities will include an LNG tank unit (Non-elevated 230,000 kl) and an LPG Tank unit (Non-elevated 50,000 kl). In addition, a production facility with an LNG vaporizer (3 units), a lorry off-loading facility and large jetty (receiving facility for ocean-going LNG tankers) will be constructed as well. The total investment is estimated to cost approximately US$ 1.5 billion, including the “Ibaraki-Tochigi Line”
Operators:
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd: Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
Chiyoda: EPC contract