Sodeshi Shimizu LNG terminal

Summary Information

• Ownership: Shimizu LNG Co / Shizuoka Gas
• Website: http://www.shizuokagas.co.jp/
• Location: Shimizu Bay, Japan
• Capacity: million tons/annum
• Status: In Operation

+++ Brief Description

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+++ Technical Details

• Storage capacity:

* Phase 1: 82,900 & 94,300 Underground Tanks
* Phase 2: 160,000 

• Unloading capacity:
• Send out capacity:
• Constructor:
• Licensor:

+++ Ongoing Projects/Project Status

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+++ Suppliers / Customers

• Suppliers:

* Qatargas
* Malaysia LNG: Shizuoka Gas has purchased LNG from Malaysia LNG since 1996

• Customers: Shizuoka Gas supplies gas to approximately 300,000 customers, mainly in the central and eastern parts of Shizuoka Prefecture

+++ History

• 1996 - Terminal operations began
• 2004 - Completion of the high-pressure Second Suruga Trunk Pipeline to link the Sodeshi Terminal with Fuji City
• 2006 - Agreement signed for Facility Expansion
• 2010 - The third tank enters operations
• 2012 - Shizuoka Gas Signs Memorandum of Agreement with Malaysia LNG for purchase of LNG

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+++ Relevant Links

1. Tokyo Gas, Underground Tanks
2. Osaka Gas Signs Heads of Agreement with Shizuoka Gas
3. Qatargas signs tripartite SPA with Chubu Electric and Shizuoka Gas
4. Facility Expansion at Shimizu LNG Sodeshi Terminal
5. The third LNG storage tank now in operation (Shimizu LNG Company)
6. Shizuoka Gas Signs Memorandum of Agreement with Malaysia LNG for purchase of LNG