Kyushu Electric to increase Q3 oil, gas purchases by 44%

Kyushu Electric Power expects to buy 2.6 million kilolitres, or 16.4 million barrels, of oil and liquefied natural gas equivalent in the July-September period.

The figure represents a 44 percent increase from a year earlier, as all its nuclear plants had been shut following the Fukushima disaster.

All six reactors at the firm's two nuclear plants have been closed, with no definite schedule for restarts. A spokesman said it is trying very hard to fill its fuel needs.

Kyushu said it would nearly triple the volumes of oil and liquefied natural gas it planned to buy in the peak winter December-March period to 3.53 million kilolitres or 22.2 million barrels of oil equivalent.

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