Japan’s Jera looks to pivot LNG buying muscle into global sales
The country's largest power producer imports liquefied natural gas primarily for domestic consumption.
Jera, one of the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas buyers, is seeking to broaden long-term exports of the fuel as a way to expand its global presence and offload excess supply.Japan’s largest power producer — which imports LNG primarily for domestic consumption — is seeking to “identify additional markets where we can sell,” said Irtiza Sayyed, chief executive officer of Jera Global Energy Solutions, which oversees the company’s long-term LNG business.“We have a renewed focus in that area,” Sayyed said in an interview on the sidelines of the Gastech conference in Bangkok, adding that Jera GES had opened talks with potential buyers and was considering prospective markets around the world.
Source: Japan Times
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