LNG

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation, the leading state-owned financial institution, has signed an additional loan deal amounting to 100 billion yen ($675 million) for JERA Co Inc., Japan's biggest LNG buyer and power generation company.

JERA Co. Inc., the Japanese LNG buyer of 35 million tonnes per annum of volumes and with control of a fleet of 20 LNG carriers, has drawn up measures to address supply and demand issues in Japan through the Northern Hemisphere summer season.