Chubu Electric Power to participate in Australian LNG project

Posted on: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:34:00 EST


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NAGOYA, Nov 25, 2009 (Kyodo News International - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
CHUEF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Chubu Electric Power Co. said Wednesday it has established a subsidiary to acquire a 0.417 percent stake in an Australian liquefied natural gas development project run by global oil multinationals including Chevron Corp. of the United States.

Chubu Electric Power Gorgon Pty Ltd. will buy the stake for around 15 billion yen from two Australian subsidiaries of Chevron to secure about 60,000 tons of LNG annually from 2014 under the Gorgon LNG project in Western Australia.

The Japanese power utility will also sign a contract to purchase 1.44 million tons of LNG annually over 25 years from 2014 under the same project.

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