Japanese companies to buy over 2m tonnes of LNG from Oman

Mitsui, Itochu and JERA set to close deals; others also in talks

20221122 LNG tanker file photo

Tugboats take a liquefied natural gas tanker toward a power station east of Tokyo in 2017. © Reuters

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japanese trading groups Mitsui & Co. and Itochu as well as energy company JERA are set to close deals for liquefied natural gas from Oman, purchasing a combined total of over 2 million tonnes starting in 2025, a source has said.

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