Myanmar approves Japanese plans for LNG power plant

Design and price negotiations seen taking up to two years, sources say

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An LNG processing facility. The Myanmar power plant would have an output of 1.25 megawatts. © Reuters

YUICHI NITTA, Nikkei staff writer

YANGON -- Myanmar's government on Friday gave written approval to plans by three Japanese trading companies to build a liquefied natural gas power plant.

Representatives from Marubeni, Sumitomo Corp. and Mitsui & Co. attended the signing ceremony in the capital Naypyitaw. Nikkei reported earlier that the proposed 1,250 megawatt plant is equivalent to about a fifth of the Southeast Asian country's existing power generation capacity.

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