Japan Seeking to Secure U.S. LNG Supplies
Posted on Mar 1, 2012 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Japan Seeking to Secure U.S. LNG Supplies
The Japanese trade ministry has asked U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu to permit Japan to import LNG from U.S. mainland terminals to help the country replace energy supplies previously provided by Japan’s nuclear power plants, which have been shut down since the nuclear disaster last year. According to Bloomberg, a Japanese trade ministry official said that Japan is developing a five-year plan under which Japanese carmakers and other manufacturers will be urged to invest in overseas projects to obtain supplies of raw materials, including LNG.