{"id":170602,"date":"2025-04-23T16:06:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T07:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=170602&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-04-23T16:06:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T07:06:52","slug":"saibu-gas-jera-partner-lng-supply","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/saibu-gas-jera-partner-lng-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Saibu Gas, JERA Partner on LNG Supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saibu Gas has formed a strategic alliance with power giant JERA to improve utilization of its Hibiki LNG terminal in Kitakyushu. The deal includes shared LNG use and plans for a new 230,000-kiloliter storage tank, partly leased to JERA, set to start operations in FY2029. The \u00a550 billion project aims to stabilize LNG supply and enhance terminal efficiency. Saibu Gas sees the move as key to strengthening its energy business and profitability.<\/span><b> Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/hd.saibugas.co.jp\/news_release\/detail\/2025\/nr002.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saibu Gas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-170582\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_hibiki-lng-company_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C605&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Saibu Gas, JERA Partner on LNG Supply\" width=\"1400\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_hibiki-lng-company_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_hibiki-lng-company_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C130&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_hibiki-lng-company_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C443&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_hibiki-lng-company_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C332&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saibu Gas has formed a strategic alliance with power giant JERA to improve utilization of its Hibiki LNG terminal in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":170588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-170602","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/170602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}