住友商事能源交易部门太平洋峰会能源正探讨在新加坡设立液化天然气交易台，这是其扩展亚洲、欧洲和美国业务的战略一部分。
住友商事能源交易部门太平洋峰会能源正考虑在新加坡设立液化天然气（LNG）交易台，这是该日本公司加强其在该燃料海运市场立足点的最新举措。根据住友发言人称，该公司于8月在伦敦开设了类似业务。住友的能源交易部门传统上在北美运营，在加利福尼亚、得克萨斯和弗吉尼亚设有办事处。nn日本的综合商社一直在寻求提升其LNG业务，预期需求将持续超出预期，因为这种化石燃料在向间歇性能源转型中充当桥梁。该举措也正值日本——全球第二大LNG买家——可能因AI热潮推高电力需求而在未来需要更多天然气之际。nn据知情人士透露，太平洋峰会能源还在洽谈从美国项目获得至少一份每年约100万吨的长期LNG采购协议，这些人士因事关敏感而不愿具名。住友拒绝对此置评。
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged on Saturday to deepen ties with Vietnam, focusing on energy and critical minerals in talks with Prime Minister Le Minh Hung. The leaders discussed advancing their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership established in 2023. Takaichi later urged Southeast Asian nations to strengthen regional supply chains.
Japan will procure crude oil from Russia for the first time since U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran in February closed the Strait of Hormuz. A tanker carrying oil from Russia's Sakhalin-2 project is heading to the country, a trade ministry official said Saturday. Resource-poor Japan aims to diversify away from Middle East imports.
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Japan's government plans to temporarily lift restrictions on coal-fired power plants to address an energy crunch from the Middle East war. Officials presented the plan to a panel of experts, who approved it, the industry ministry said. The measure allows full operation of older, less efficient coal plants for a year starting in the new fiscal year from April.
A massive LNG export terminal under construction near Lake Charles, Louisiana, is projected to produce more greenhouse gas emissions than any other in the United States. Owned by Woodside Energy, the facility is expected to release over 9.5 million tons annually once operational in 2029. The project has drawn praise for jobs and investment but criticism for worsening climate risks in a vulnerable state.
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Japan and Canada plan to establish an economic security dialogue to strengthen supply chains for critical minerals and energy resources. The summit between Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Prime Minister Mark Carney will focus on China's dominance in key materials. The talks, set for Friday night in Tokyo, aim to expand cooperation between the two countries.
Two weeks into Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, oil prices have surged above $100 a barrel and natural gas costs have risen, accelerating adoption of renewable energy and electric vehicles, analysts say. Asia, the primary recipient of fuels through the strait, faces acute vulnerability.
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President Lee Jae-myung held a summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on April 20, agreeing to double bilateral trade to $50 billion by 2030 and cooperate on energy supply chains amid Middle East tensions. The leaders confirmed resuming CEPA upgrade talks and signing MoUs in shipbuilding, AI and other areas. A selfie taken by Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong with a Galaxy Z Flip7 during the event went viral.