Venture Global inks 20-yr LNG supply deal with Japan's Mitsui
Venture Global has signed a long-term agreement with Japanese trading house Mitsui to supply 1 metric MMtpy of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Japan, the second-largest LNG importer after China, is seeking stable and flexible energy supplies to support a growing buildout of data centers.
Those facilities are forecast to use as much electricity as 15 MM–18 MM households by 2034, driving 60% of Japan's power demand growth, according to Wood Mackenzie analysts.
The agreement is Venture Global's third with a Japanese buyer. It signed a supply deal with JERA in 2023 and inked an agreement with INPEX in 2022.
The move also advances U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to expand U.S. LNG exports, with the United States already the world's top shipper of the super-chilled fuel, to help domestic producers and improve the trade balance with Japan.
Under the agreement, Mitsui will purchase the fuel from Venture Global for 20 yrs beginning in 2029.
The announcement came on the same day that Venture Global fell 11% on news that Shell had challenged its arbitration loss to Venture Global (learn more), weeks after rival bp won a similar case worth more than $1 B.
Both arbitration cases concern Venture Global's failure to deliver LNG under long-term contracts while selling on the spot market as prices soared after the start of the war in Ukraine.
Shell said in a new filing that, while the bar to challenge arbitration decisions is high, it believes an appeal is justified because Venture Global withheld crucial evidence.
Venture Global has increasingly signed supply deals with global energy companies. So far in 2025, it has secured 6.75 metric MMtpy of long-term contracts.
Over the last week, the U.S. LNG company signed new 20-yr supply deals with Spain's Naturgy (learn more) and Atlantic-SEE LNG Trade of Greece, adding to recent agreements with Petronas, SEFE Energy and Eni.
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