Why doesn’t japan have a natural gas pipeline network? Consideration from the determinant of the choice between LNG tank trucks and pipelines
Why doesn’t japan have a natural gas pipeline network? Consideration from the determinant of the choice between LNG tank trucks and pipelines
This study considers the importance of comprehensive pipeline network plans with exploring the determinants of vertical integration in Japan’s natural gas distribution utilities from the perspective of transaction cost economics. Japan’s natural gas industry is reliant on imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) that normally requires regasification prior to consumption. Unbundling of the industry has not been enforced and while some local distribution utilities purchase gas via pipelines that is re