LNG

Feb 10 (LNGJ) - Chubu Electric Power, one of Japan’s largest LNG importers with operations in the central region of the Honshu main island, has opened up a new Tokyo office to promote natural gas sales in the coastal Tokyo metropolitan area under the deregulation system that has opened up energy markets in the country. “The Tokyo metropolitan area is a large market and has high potentials for growth,” said Chubu. “Marketing efforts have been underway there, regarding power and gas for corporate customers as well as residential,” it added. “Chubu Electric will step up its power and gas sales activities in Tokyo and neighboring prefectures to reach its targets of selling 20 billion kilowatt hours in non-Chubu areas, and 3 million tonnes of regasified LNG, both within and outside the Chubu area,” the company said.