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The production halt at some of Japan?s nuclear plants may boost demand in the country for other fuels, including liquefied natural gas and diesel fuel, which many power stations burn to produce electricity.

Japan will need as much as 10 million metric tons of additional LNG as a result of the quake and its aftermath, said Jonathan Stern, director of gas research at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. A ?dramatic? increase in LNG demand was possible if damage to Japanese nuclear facilities proves more severe than he currently expects, Stern told reporters today at a conference in Doha, Qatar.