Hiroshima Gas to buy LNG from Petronas unit

Petronas subsidiary Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd. (MLNG) signed an agreement with Hiroshima Gas Co. Ltd. to supply as much as 82,000 tonnes of LNG to the Japanese company over 8 years.

July 18, 2005

Eric Watkins
Senior Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, July 18 -- Petronas subsidiary Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd. (MLNG) signed an agreement with Hiroshima Gas Co. Ltd. to supply as much as 82,000 tonnes of LNG to the Japanese company over 8 years.

It will ship LNG from the Petronas LNG complex in Bintulu, Sarawak, to Hiroshima Gas's receiving terminal at Hatsukaichi in Japan.

MLNG and Hiroshima Gas have signed a memorandum of agreement with the City of Sendai for the use of the LNG carrier Aman Sendai to deliver the LNG to Hiroshima Gas. The vessel is dedicated to the transport of LNG from Bintulu to Sendai, which has been a customer of MLNG since 1997.

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