LNG

JERA Co. Inc., the largest Japanese importer of LNG, had to cope with an emergency on March 27 after sulfuric acid starting leaking from the pipes of a wastewater treatment facility at the Hirono Thermal Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture in the region where the nuclear disaster and tsunami occurred 12 years ago.

JERA Co. Inc., the largest Japanese liquefied natural gas buyer, has purchased a significant stake in Freeport LNG at Quintana Island in Texas and will invest in expansions as part of a plan to be able to direct cargoes to Japan even when global supplies are tight.