On December 10, 2019, JERA (Japan’s Energy for a new eRA)[1] and Osaka Gas, owned by the Daigas Group and headquartered in Osaka[2], announced that the Freeport LNG Project in Texas, U.S., has begun commercial operations for its LNG Train #1 on December 8, 2019.[3] The two companies participate in the project through FLNG Liquefaction, a joint venture of JERA, Osaka Gas and Freeport LNG Development headquartered in Houston, Texas. JERA is a joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power Fuel & Power (headquartered in Tokyo)[4] and Chubu Electric Power (headquartered in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture)[5].

The two companies have participated in the project since October 2014. The Freeport LNG Project is operated by Freeport LNG Development, headquartered in Houston, Texas.[6] The LNG Train #1 has a liquefaction capacity of approximately 5 million metric tons per year, and Osaka Gas and JERA will receive about each 2.32 million metric tons of LNG per year under 20-year Liquefaction Tolling Agreements with FLNG Liquefaction.[7]

[1] https://www.jera.co.jp/english/corporate/

[2] https://www.osakagas.co.jp/en/aboutus/corporate_profile/

[3] https://www.jera.co.jp/information/20191210_439

[4] https://www7.tepco.co.jp/fp/about/index-e.html

[5] https://www.chuden.co.jp/english/corporate/ecor_company/ecom_outline/index.html

[6] http://freeportlng.com/about/corporate-history/

[7] https://www.osakagas.co.jp/company/press/pr_2019/1283872_40360.html