Refile: Japan's Saibu Gas ups Sakhalin II LNG offtake
05/07/2013 10:52
(Corrects to remove extraneous word from headline) TOKYO, July 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Saibu Gas Co Ltd 9536.T has hiked the annual offtake from the Sakhalin II liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Russia to 65,000 tonnes from 8,500 tonnes from the business year starting April 2015, the company said on Friday. It also changed the port of delivery to its Hibiki LNG terminal being built in Fukuoka prefecture, starting April 2015, from its current delivery destination of Nagasaki, the company said in a statement. The contract runs until March 2028. (Reporting by Osamu Tsukimori; Editing by Anand Basu) ((osamu.tsukimori@thomsonreuters.com, +813 6441 1857, Reuters Messaging: osamu.tsukimori.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: LNG JAPAN/SAIBU