ＪＥＲＡ、新会社と契約締結　ＬＮＧ購入継続―サハリン２

　ロシア極東の石油・天然ガス開発事業「サハリン２」をめぐり、東京電力ホールディングスと中部電力が共同出資する発電会社ＪＥＲＡ（東京）は２６日、事業を引き継いだロシア側の新会社と液化天然ガス（ＬＮＧ）の購入契約を締結したことを明らかにした。調達量や価格、支払い通貨などの条件は、旧会社との契約内容から変更はないという。
　締結は２５日付。ＪＥＲＡは、旧会社と年２００万トンのＬＮＧを購入する長期契約を結び、火力発電所の燃料として使用してきた。（2022/08/26-22:24）

Japanese power utility Jera Co. has signed a contract to continue to buy liquefied natural gas from the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas development project in the Russian Far East.
   Jera, a joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. and Chubu Electric Power Co. , signed the contract on Thursday with the new Russian operator of the Sakhalin-2 project.
   The terms of the new contract, such as the purchasing price and volume, was unchanged from the one with the previous Sakhalin-2 operator.
   Jera had a long-term contract with the previous operator to annually procure 2 million tons of LNG, and has been using it for thermal power generation.
   Among other Japanese power and gas utilities, seven including Kyushu Electric Power Co , Tokyo Gas Co. and Hiroshima Gas Co. have been procuring LNG from Sakhalin-2.