Prime Minister O'neill inspects LNG "SPIRIT OF HELA" tanker in Japan

Prime Minister Hon. Peter O'Neill and his delegation today  inspected the LNG tanker - 'Spirit of Hela', which arrived yesterday (3/06/14) in Tokyo and is currently berthed at the PNG foundation customer, TEPCO's Futtsu Terminal.

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has already agreed to import more LNG from PNG in the coming years and anticipates this to continue for the next 20 years and beyond. This was announced by TEPCO's President, Naomi Hirose, last night, at the ceremony commemorating the arrival of the first PNG LNG in Japan and today supported by TEPCO's Managing Executive Officer, Toshihoro Sano.

Prime Minister Hon. Peter O'Neill once again thanked PNG's foundation customer of our LNG, TEPCO and similarly expressed PNG's appreciation towards ExxonMobil for making the PNG LNG Project a successful one. Today marks the completion of the unloading of the over 80,000 tonnes of the first PNG LNG from the 'Spirit of Hela' into TEPCO's Futtsu