LNG

Dec 7 (LNGJ) - Petronas, the Malaysian liquefied natural gas producer, has signed an agreement with Japanese utility Hokuriku Electric Power to supply up to six cargoes per annum for a period of 10 years, beginning in March 2018. The volumes will come from its Bintulu onshore liquefaction plant in Malaysia and from its overseas volumes, including those in Australia. The Hokuriku utility has a service area situated within 300 kilometres of Japan's three major metropolitan areas, Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya and serves about 2.13 million customers on contracts.