Japan's Hokkaido Gas to start operations at new LNG tank
16/09/2016 09:46
TOKYO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Japanese city gas supplier
Hokkaido Gas Co Ltd 9534.T said on Friday its newly built
200,000-kilolitre No.2 liquefied natural gas (LNG) tank at its
Ishikari LNG terminal would start operations by accepting the
first delivery of gas from an LNG tanker on Saturday.
The LNG storage capacity at the terminal in northern Japan
increased to 380,000 kl from 180,000 kl with the addition, which
enables the fully-laden LNG tanker to be unloaded at the
terminal, the company said in a statement. It previously had to
unload gas at two ports due to lack of capacity.
(Reporting by Osamu Tsukimori; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)
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