Japan's JERA agrees to buy LNG from Cheniere, Sempra

WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - JERA, Japan's largest power utility, has agreed to buy up to 5.5 million metric tons per annum of U.S. liquefied natural gas under 20 year contracts, with deliveries starting around 2030, U.S. and JERA officials said on Wednesday.

JERA agreed to buy 1.5 mtpa from Sempra's SRE.N Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 project and up to 1 mtpa from Cheniere LNG.N, they said. The remaining volume comes from recently announced agreements.