March 17 (LNGJ) - Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. (Japex) said it suspended operations at its Soma LNG terminal after an earthquake the previous day off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture. “There has been no damage to the surrounding area, such as gas leakage from the terminal,” stated Japex. The terminal receives and stores LNG from overseas and regasified cargoes serve a nearby power plant, or can be distributed along the coast or loaded onto trucks.
“Due to the suspension of supply operations immediately after the earthquake, boil-off gas, the vaporized gas from LNG stored in the LNG storage tanks, is being burned as a measure to release the gas safely. By taking these measures, flames are being emitted from the flare stack, but there are no safety issues at the terminal or the surrounding area,” explained the company.
