Japanese utility Tokyo Gas has completed construction on a 92.6-km gas pipeline called Ibaraki Line between Hitachi and Kamisu in Ibaraki Prefecture and launched gas flow at the start of this month, it said on March 11.  

Tokyo Gas has also completed a 230,000-m³ second tank at the Hitachi LNG terminal at Hitachi and began its commercial operation on March 10. Work on the pipeline began in April 2017 while work on the tank started in April 2018.  

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By connecting a loop of high-pressure gas pipelines and increasing the capacity of LNG tanks in the North Kanto area, in addition to the Tokyo area, Tokyo Gas said, the company has improved supply stability and enhanced gas transmission capacity through a mutual backup system of four LNG terminals.  

The terminals are Negishi terminal at Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Sodegaura terminal at Sodegaura in Chiba Prefecture, Ohgishima terminal also at Yokohama, and Hitachi terminal.