Regarding the oil and natural gas development project "Sakhalin 2" in the Far East of Russia, Hiroshima Gas revealed that it had signed a contract to procure LNG (liquefied natural gas) with a new company established by the Russian government by the 1st. I made it

From "Sakhalin 2", electric power and gas companies all over the country, such as Hiroshima Gas, are procuring LNG under long-term contracts, and last month, a new company established by the Russian government asked each company to sign new contracts. I was getting notifications.



In response to this, Hiroshima Gas revealed that it had signed a contract to procure LNG with this new company by the 1st.



In an interview with NHK, Hiroshima Gas said, ``We believe that it is our mission to continue to provide a stable supply of safe and secure energy to the region, so we have concluded a contract with the new company. I think," he commented.



Although the details of the contract have not been clarified, until now Hiroshima Gas has signed a contract to procure up to 210,000 tons of LNG from Sakhalin 2, which is about half of the LNG it procures annually.



Regarding "Sakhalin 2", it has become clear that Tokyo Gas and Kyushu Electric Power have also signed contracts with the new company.