1st shipment of Sakhalin-2 LNG arrives in Japan

1st shipment of Sakhalin-2 LNG arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A tanker carrying about 67,000 tons of liquefied natural gas docked at an LNG receiving terminal in Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, on April 6, marking the arrival of the first shipment of LNG from Russia's Sakhalin-2 project. Tokyo Gas Co. and Tokyo Electric Power Co., which jointly operate the LNG storage facility southeast of Tokyo, will share in shipments equally, with the gas company supplying the LNG as town gas and the electricity firm using it as fuel for its thermal power plants.

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