New LNG Company to be Established in Yatsushiro
Kyushu Gas of Nagasaki Prefecture, Nippon Gas of Kagoshima, and Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. of Tokyo (JAPEX) announced they will create this year a new company named Kumamoto Mirai LPG in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, to supply liquid natural gas to homes in that city, as well as factories and medical institutions in the southern part of the prefecture. Kyushu Gas is already supplying city gas in the city, but plans to switch to LPG by March 2013 because CO2 emissions are lower. The LNG will be supplied from Nippon Gas’s plant in Kagoshima City.