Where is Hakodate LNG Terminal?

Hakodate LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in Hokkaido, Japan. It is made up of 1 tracked train or phase.

Is Hakodate LNG Terminal operating?

Hakodate LNG Terminal is operating, with its first tracked train starting in 2006.

How much LNG can Hakodate LNG Terminal handle?

Hakodate LNG Terminal has 0.2 Mtpa operating, equivalent to 0.27 bcm/y of gas a year in operation. Capacity at different statuses is never added together.

Who owns Hakodate LNG Terminal?

Hakodate LNG Terminal is owned by Hokkaido Gas Co Ltd. Shares are as recorded in the current tracker release.

Which maritime chokepoints do cargoes from Hakodate LNG Terminal pass?

Cargoes from Hakodate LNG Terminal would normally pass Strait of Malacca, Strait of Hormuz, Panama Canal, Lombok Strait and 1 other. This is an editorial model of typical laden voyages by destination market, not vessel tracking, and any individual cargo may go another way.

What pipelines connect to Hakodate LNG Terminal?

2 tracked gas pipelines pass within 25 km of Hakodate LNG Terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance.

Hakodate LNG Terminal — import terminal, Hokkaido, Japan

At a glance

Country: Japan
State / province: Hokkaido
Region: Asia
Import / export: Import
Onshore / floating: Not reported
Status (rolled up): Operating
Trains / phases tracked: 1
Earliest start year: 2006
Latest start year: 2006
Coordinates: 41.8072° N, 140.7129° E
GEM terminal ID: T100000130471
GEM wiki page: gem.wiki

Trains and phases

Each row is one unit as tracked by GEM. Ordered by start year, then proposal year.

Unit	Status	Capacity (Mtpa)	Capacity (bcm/y)	Start	Proposed	FID	Owner (as reported)
Not reported	Operating	0.2	0.27	2006	—	Not reported	Hokkaido Gas Co Ltd [100%]

Capacity by status

Status	Units	Mtpa	bcm/y
Operating	1	0.2	0.27

Owners and operators

Stakes as reported by GEM per unit, merged across units. Percentages are omitted where GEM does not give them.

Owners

Hokkaido Gas Co Ltd100%

Parent companies

Hokkaido Gas Co Ltd100%

Location

Hakodate LNG Terminal at 41.8072° N, 140.7129° E, with 2 tracked gas pipelines passing within 25 km.

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Coordinates: 41.8072° N, 140.7129° E
Coordinate accuracy (GEM): exact
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Nearest tracked terminals

Connected gas pipelines

Tracked pipelines whose route passes within 25 km of this terminal, or whose name matches it. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.

Pipeline	Status	Length	Capacity	Distance	Matched by
Hakodate Trunk line	Operating	9 km	—	3.9 km	route proximity
Sakhalin-Hokkaido Gas Pipeline	Cancelled	1,500 km	25 bcm/y	12.4 km	route proximity

Supplied via

Chokepoints that cargoes arriving at this terminal typically cross, based on where its region is supplied from.

Cargoes reach north-east Asia from the Middle East, Australia, the United States and Russia, so exposure is spread.

Routing is an editorial model of typical laden voyages, held in a hand-maintained lane table. It is not vessel tracking, and it does not account for diversions, canal draught limits, ice class or seasonal closures. See methodology, browse every chokepoint, or take the machine-readable exposure feed.

In the news

Recent headlines that name Hakodate LNG Terminal. Matched by name, so it is approximate. Titles and links only; we store no article text.

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Common questions

Generated from the same tracker fields as the tables above, so the two cannot disagree. Each answer stands on its own.

Where is Hakodate LNG Terminal?: Hakodate LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in Hokkaido, Japan. It is made up of 1 tracked train or phase.
Is Hakodate LNG Terminal operating?: Hakodate LNG Terminal is operating, with its first tracked train starting in 2006.
How much LNG can Hakodate LNG Terminal handle?: Hakodate LNG Terminal has 0.2 Mtpa operating, equivalent to 0.27 bcm/y of gas a year in operation. Capacity at different statuses is never added together.
Who owns Hakodate LNG Terminal?: Hakodate LNG Terminal is owned by Hokkaido Gas Co Ltd. Shares are as recorded in the current tracker release.
Which maritime chokepoints do cargoes from Hakodate LNG Terminal pass?: Cargoes from Hakodate LNG Terminal would normally pass Strait of Malacca, Strait of Hormuz, Panama Canal, Lombok Strait and 1 other. This is an editorial model of typical laden voyages by destination market, not vessel tracking, and any individual cargo may go another way.
What pipelines connect to Hakodate LNG Terminal?: 2 tracked gas pipelines pass within 25 km of Hakodate LNG Terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance.

Background on the technology and the terms used on this page.

FSRU versus onshore regasification
An FSRU is a ship that stores LNG and turns it back into gas while moored, doing the job of an onshore import terminal without the onshore construction.
What an import terminal actually does
An LNG import terminal receives cargo from a ship, stores it as a cryogenic liquid, pumps it to pipeline pressure and warms it back into gas for delivery into a grid.
Send-out, peak shaving and the grid connection
Send-out is the rate at which an import terminal delivers regasified LNG into a pipeline network, and it is the capacity figure that governs what the terminal can actually do.
Storage tanks, 9% nickel and high-manganese steel
An LNG storage tank holds liquid at close to atmospheric pressure in an inner shell of cryogenic alloy, surrounded by insulation and, in the full containment design, an outer concrete wall capable of containing the entire contents.