Start-up of LNG Terminal of Tokyo Gas Negishi Works
摘要
LNG Terminal of Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. has been completed in Negishi, Japan. On November 11, 1969, the S. S. Polar Alaska loading an approximately 30, 000 tons of Alaska-produced LNG arrived at this LNG Terminal. Upon arrival of the load, the LNG receiving facilities at the teminal was cooled down by use of LNG and the facilities of the tanker.Subsequent to the first LNG unloading, the start-up of the LNG regasification plant incorporating primary and secondary pumps, vaporizers and boil-off gas treating facilities was completed by mid-December.A second LNG tanker, the S. S. Arctic Tokyo, which is to be used for this LNG import project, started her commission, about four months later the start of operation of the first tanker, S. S. Polar Alaska.Tokyo Gas is presently exploring the possibility of additional import of LNG from Brunei as a future expansion project.