Shizuoka Gas to buy US shale gas stake from Tokyo Gas

Japan’s city gas supplier and LNG importer, Tokyo Gas, has signed a memorandum of understanding to sell its stake in a US shale gas project to compatriot Shizuoka Gas.

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