Japan’s cold spell has stoked LPG demand in city gas supply for heating, boosting imports until February, though this might not last until March, trade sources said. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The increase in city gas demand requires incremental supply of LPG — which has a higher calorific value, or energy content — and is used to add calories into regasified gas from LNG for city gas use, a Japanese city gas source said. He added that Japan’s city gas sector was also seeing incremental LPG demand for heating due to the severe winter. “Japanese LPG demand is not too bad,” a Japanese trader said, while an Asian trade source said Japanese […]