Petronas ships its first LNG cargo to Japan from its new facility in Canada
Petronas has a 25 per cent stake in the Kitimat LNG plant in British Columbia on Canada's west coast.
The shipment departed for Japan aboard the 174,000-cubic metre Puteri Sejinjang LNG vessel, but the company didn't specify how much LNG it was delivering.
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