Russian President Takehiro Honjo of the Japan Gas Association has signed a presidential decree ordering the change of business entity of "Sakhalin 2" to a Russian company, in case the supply of natural gas is affected. He showed his intention to consider creating a system that allows companies to accommodate each other.

Regarding the natural gas development project "Sakhalin 2", which is also funded by a Japanese company, Russian President Putin signed a presidential decree last month ordering the change of the business entity of "Sakhalin 2" to a Russian company, and the impact on the gas supply. Is concerned.



Regarding this, Honjo, chairman of the Japan Gas Association, said at a regular meeting on the 15th, "Procurement of liquefied natural gas from Sakhalin 2 is important for stable supply, and we hope that interests and procurement contracts will be maintained." I did.



In addition, in case of an impact such as supply interruption, we will take all measures such as creating a mechanism for accommodating liquefied natural gas between domestic gas companies and considering increasing procurement from other regions. He emphasized that he would like to work on a stable supply.



Regarding the fact that the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is considering introducing a system that requests so-called "gas saving" to encourage gas users to save money when the supply and demand of city gas is tight, "improve effectiveness". From this point of view, I would like you to consider compulsory requests, etc. ", and said that we should also consider restrictions on use based on the law.