TOKYO, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Friday it has signed a 17-year deal to buy upto 1.2 million tonnes per year of liquefied natural gas (LNG)from the Singapore unit of UK oil and gas major BP starting from April 2017.
The LNG will be sourced from BP's portfolio, rather than aspecific project, and the prices will be linked to the U.S.Henry Hub gas index rather than oil prices.
LNG imports by Japan, the world's top buyer of thesuper-cooled fuel, has risen since 2011 when the Fukushimanuclear disaster lead to all of the country's nuclear reactorsbeing shut down to face more stringent safety checks. (Reporting by James Topham; Editing by MuralikumarAnantharaman)