Tokyo Gas Receives First Shipment from QCLNG Project

Tokyo Gas last Thursday received first LNG shipment from BG Group’s Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) project operated in Queensland, Australia.

The shipment of approximately 70,000 tons of LNG to Tokyo Gas is the also the first delivery to Japan of LNG derived from unconventional natural gas sources under a long-term supply contract, Tokyo Gas said in a statement. The fuel was received at the Tokyo Gas Sodegaura LNG Terminal in Sodegaura City, Chiba Prefecture.

The QCLNG project is a project to liquefy coal seam gas (CSG) and deliver it as LNG. Tokyo Gas concluded a LNG sale and purchase agreement and an agreement regarding participation with BG in March 2011.

This is the third delivery of LNG from projects in which Tokyo Gas has secured participation rights, following on the Darwin LNG project and the Pluto LNG project. With this delivery, Tokyo Gas now receives LNG from 11 projects in five countries.

The procurement of natural gas from the Queensland Curtis project using unconventional natural gas enables Tokyo Gas to achieve its long-term goal of diversifying its natural gas procurement, the Japanese utility stated.