Tokyo Gas to build record size LNG tank
Japan's biggest natural gas utility Tokyo Gas said that it plans to build the world's biggest liquefied natural gas
tank in Yokohama near Tokyo for roughly yen 20 bn ($ 206 mm) to meet projected growth in demand.
The 250,000 kilolitre tank will be able to hold 115,000 tons (250,000 cm) of LNG, topping the current record-holding
200,000 kilolitre storage facility, which it owns, the company said. Construction is to be completed in October 2013,
it said.
Tokyo Gas had announced it would build a fourth LNG tank at the Yokohama plant. The company has placed an order to a
consortium of Shimizu Corporation, IHI and a wholly owned construction company of IHI.
A major provider of natural gas to Tokyo and the surrounding regions, Tokyo Gas sees a steady shift in the industrial
sector to environment-friendly natural gas from coal and fuel oil.
