據世界天然氣網3月2日消息 東京天然氣公司旗下的日本公司東京天然氣工程解決方案公司和四家合作伙伴公司已經完成了新居濱液化天然氣廠的試驗并開始運營。

新居濱液化天然氣合資公司的創始合作伙伴包括東京天然氣工程解決方案公司、住友化學公司、住友電力公司、四國電力公司和四國天然氣公司。這些公司早在2018年就成立了該合資公司，以建造和運營液化天然氣進口終端，該終端位于住友化學日本西部愛媛的工廠。

該合資企業表示，目前已經完成了終端的建設和試運行，并開始向工廠供氣，計劃在3月份開始向周邊地區供應天然氣。

因此，該終端的運營現在已經開始。今年1月，該公司從澳大利亞接收了第一批液化天然氣貨物。

新居濱液化天然氣終端包括一個230000千升的液化天然氣儲罐。

住友化學計劃在愛媛化工廠逐步轉向使用液化天然氣。此外，Niihama Kita發電廠（將于今年開始運營）也將使用液化天然氣作為燃料。住友希望以此減少65萬噸的年二氧化碳排放量。

該終端將接收液化天然氣，并將支持穩定的能源供應。此外，它還將推動液化天然氣向周邊地區的工業擴散。

合資企業和相關公司將通過促進和擴大環境友好天然氣來促進碳中和。

吳恒磊 編譯自 世界天然氣

原文如下：

Japanese Niihama LNG terminal starts ops in March

Japanese company Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions, a unit of Tokyo Gas, and four partners have completed the trials of the Niihama LNG plant and started its operations.

Niihama LNG joint venture’s founding partners include Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions, Sumitomo Chemical, Sumitomo Electric Power, as well as Shikoku Electric Power and Shikoku Gas. They formed the JV back in 2018 to build and operate an LNG import terminal. Its location is at Sumitomo Chemical’s plant in Ehime, western Japan.

The JV said it wrapped up the construction and trial operation of the terminal and began supplying gas to the plant. It also plans to start supplying gas to industries in neighboring areas in March.

Therefore, the operations of the terminal have now started. This is after it received its first LNG cargo from Australia in January.

The Niihama LNG terminal specifically includes a 230,000 kilolitres LNG tank.

Sumitomo Chemical plans to gradually shift to using LNG for its Ehime chemical plant. In addition, the Niihama Kita power plant (to start operation this year) will also use LNG as fuel. With this, Sumitomo wants to reduce annual CO2 emissions by 650,000 tonnes.

The terminal will receive LNG and it will support a stable supply of energy. Moreover, it is to promote the spread of LNG to industries in neighboring areas.

The joint venture and the involved companies will contribute to the promotion of carbon neutrality through the spread and expansion of environmentally friendly natural gas.