Where is Ishikari LNG Terminal?

Ishikari LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in Hokkaido, Japan. It is made up of 3 tracked trains and phases.

Is Ishikari LNG Terminal operating?

Ishikari LNG Terminal is operating, with its first tracked train starting in 2012.

How much LNG can Ishikari LNG Terminal handle?

Ishikari LNG Terminal has 4.6 Mtpa operating, equivalent to 6.26 bcm/y of gas a year in operation. Capacity at different statuses is never added together.

Who owns Ishikari LNG Terminal?

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

Which maritime chokepoints do cargoes from Ishikari LNG Terminal pass?

Cargoes from Ishikari 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 Ishikari LNG Terminal?

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

Ishikari LNG Terminal — import terminal, Hokkaido, Japan

At a glance

Country: Japan
State / province: Hokkaido
Region: Not reported
Import / export: Import
Onshore / floating: Not reported
Status (rolled up): Operating
Trains / phases tracked: 3
Earliest start year: 2012
Latest start year: 2019
Coordinates: 43.2100° N, 141.2932° E
GEM terminal ID: T100000130487
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	1.7	2.31	2012	—	Not reported	Hokkaido Gas Co Ltd [100%]
Unit Expansion 1	Operating	1	1.36	2015	—	Not reported	Hokkaido Gas Co Ltd [100%]
Unit Expansion 2	Operating	1.9	2.58	2019	—	Not reported	Hokkaido Gas Co Ltd [100%]

Capacity by status

Status	Units	Mtpa	bcm/y
Operating	3	4.6	6.26

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%

Location

Ishikari LNG Terminal at 43.2100° N, 141.2932° E, with 5 tracked gas pipelines passing within 25 km.

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Coordinates: 43.2100° N, 141.2932° 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
Ishikari Trunk Line	Operating	19 km	—	0 km	route proximity
Chitose Trunk Line	Operating	8 km	—	3.1 km	route proximity
Sakhalin-Hokkaido Gas Pipeline	Cancelled	1,500 km	25 bcm/y	5.2 km	route proximity
Tomatoh Trunk Line	Operating	3 km	—	7 km	route proximity
Abstubetsu Gas Pipeline	Operating	4 km	—	23.6 km	route proximity

Supplied via

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

Strait of Malacca
Strait of Hormuz
Panama Canal
Lombok Strait
Taiwan Strait

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, or take the machine-readable exposure feed. Links to the Chokepoints site are inactive until its domain is set in the environment.

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 Ishikari LNG Terminal?: Ishikari LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in Hokkaido, Japan. It is made up of 3 tracked trains and phases.
Is Ishikari LNG Terminal operating?: Ishikari LNG Terminal is operating, with its first tracked train starting in 2012.
How much LNG can Ishikari LNG Terminal handle?: Ishikari LNG Terminal has 4.6 Mtpa operating, equivalent to 6.26 bcm/y of gas a year in operation. Capacity at different statuses is never added together.
Who owns Ishikari LNG Terminal?: Ishikari LNG Terminal is owned by Hokkaido Gas Co Ltd. Shares are as recorded in the current tracker release.
Which maritime chokepoints do cargoes from Ishikari LNG Terminal pass?: Cargoes from Ishikari 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 Ishikari LNG Terminal?: 5 tracked gas pipelines pass within 25 km of Ishikari 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.
LNG and maritime chokepoints
A maritime chokepoint is a narrow strait or canal that a large share of seaborne trade must pass through, and LNG exposure to them depends entirely on which exporting region supplies which importing market.
Mtpa, bcm and cubic metres
LNG capacity is quoted in three incompatible units, and the two conversions that matter are 1 million tonnes a year equals about 1.36 billion cubic metres of gas a year, and 1 cubic metre of liquid equals about 600 cubic metres of gas.
Reading a capacity figure without being misled
An LNG capacity figure is only meaningful alongside three qualifiers — which unit it is in, which project status it describes, and whether it is a design nameplate or actual output — and most disagreements between sources come from one of those being dropped.