Project Profile
Value: US$480 million
Location: Shinchi Town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Area: 200000 square metres
Capacity: 230,000 cubic metres
Construction: 2014
Operation start-up: March 2018
The Soma liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal is being built by Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) in Shinchi Town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The receiving terminal has been built in a 200000 square metres site located at Pier 4 in Soma Port. The terminal is consist of an LNG tank with a storage capacity of 230,000 cubic metres, with provision for future expansion. It includes a receiving berth for large ocean-going LNG tankers, and an LNG domestic vessel shipping and receiving berth. It also include two LNG vapourisers, gas heat capacity control facilities for vapourised gas, and LNG tank truck loading facilities. Construction of the Soma LNG terminal began in November 2014 and is expected to be completed by 2017, while operations are expected to begin in March 2018. The estimated investment for the construction of the LNG receiving terminal and the pipeline is US$480 million.
The LNG from the terminal will be conveyed through the new 40km-long, 20in-diameter pipeline along the Pacific Ocean to Niigata-Sendai pipeline. The new pipeline will pass through Shinchi Town, Fukushima Prefecture to Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture. Furthermore, this terminal will supply LNG as a liquid based on LNG satellite system using tank trucks and domestic vessel.
Operator:
Japex: 100% interest
Contractors:
JGC Corporation: EPC contract (October 2014)
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI): Construction contract for the LNG storage tank