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Home-Life Division
Sale of LP Gas and City Gas
LP gas is an essential energy source widely used as a fuel for cooking, water heating, and space heating at homes and businesses everywhere, as a fuel for taxis and other vehicles, and as an industrial fuel.
The Itochu Enex Group engages in community-based business operations, supplying city gas to households and business customers through a nationwide network of Group companies and business partners.
To integrate LP gas distribution and wholesaling operations, in April 2009 the Company established Japan Gas Energy Corporation jointly with Japan Energy Corporation (currently JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation ) and Nissho Petroleum Gas Corporation. The objectives of this business tie-up are to construct a highly competitive LP gas business group made up of three companies, to realize the integration and unification of all business functions from procurement to wholesaling, and to boost capabilities and competitiveness through greater distribution efficiency. In addition, Nakatsu Gas operates a city gas business in Oita Prefecture, supplying this essential fuel to households and business customers in its service area.
LP Gas Wholesale Distribution to Retailers
We operate an LPG wholesaling business that supplies 1,600 retailers nationwide. Working in cooperation with retail business partners, we engage in community-based business operations to supply LP gas to households and business customers throughout Japan. In addition, to streamline distribution and cut costs in transport and other business functions, we maintain business ties with other companies engaged in LP gas wholesaling. This collaboration contributes to the development of the LP gas industry in the service areas of our business partners and boosts our competitive advantage and business capabilities.
LP Gas Retailing to Households
We deliver LP gas to approximately 310,000 households across Japan. In addition to supplying residential customers with LP gas, we offer solutions for more comfortable living. We provide comprehensive proposals meticulously adapted to the housing situations of individual customers, including kitchen and bathroom remodeling and the installation of residential fuel cells and photovoltaic power generation systems, new forms of energy that reduce household CO2 emissions.
LP Gas Retailing to Businesses
LP gas, a fuel that is both friendly to the environment and has a high thermal value, is not only used in homes. It is the fuel of choice for cooking, water heating, and space heating at many restaurants, hospitals, hotels, and other businesses and institutions and is also widely used as an industrial fuel for plant boilers, food processing, paint drying, and many other applications. The Enex Group delivers LP gas to business customers through its nationwide supply network.
Sale of City Gas (Nakatsu Gas)
The city gas business involves the production of city gas from natural gas and other raw materials and its supply to customers through gas pipelines. Nakatsu Gas delivers city gas to households and businesses that operate production plants in Nakatsu City, Oita Prefecture.
Natural gas, the principal raw material of city gas, is an environment-friendly energy source that emits less CO2, NOx, and SOx during combustion than other fossil fuels. For this reason, city gas has been designated as an important energy source in the Japanese government's basic energy plan.