The LNG carrier MARAN GAS PERICLES from Australia arrived at Tianjin LNG Terminal (Beijing Gas Group) on September 15, marking the commissioning of Beijing Gas' Tianjin LNG Terminal Project.
The project, located at Nangang District, North China's Tianjin Municipality, is an emergency peak-shaving reserve project, which comprises 10 storage tanks, a wharf, external pipelines and supporting facilities and will be constructed in three phases, with a natural gas emergency storage capacity of 1.2 billion cubic meters when all completed.
The Phase 1 project contains a wharf with an annual handling capacity of 5 million tonnes, 4 storage tanks, and a 215-kilometer gas pipeline. Its gasification capacity could reach 60 million cubic meters per day. Separately, two of the four LNG storage tanks, each with a capacity of 220,000 cubic meters, are the first LNG membrane tanks constructed in China and the largest onshore membrane tanks in the world.
The construction of Phase II and Phase III projects is underway and is set to be completed and put into operation by the end of 2023 and the end of 2024, respectively.
Till now, North China has fulfilled the general layout of LNG terminals, and there may be only expansion of existing storage tanks in the later stage, with no new terminals under planning.
North China's LNG Terminals
LNG Terminals |
Tank Capacity (Million CBM) |
Each Tank Capacity (CBM) |
Handling Capacity (Million t/y) |
PetroChina Caofeidian Terminal |
1.28 |
8*160,000 |
10 |
Caofeidian Xintian LNG Terminal |
0.8 |
4*200,000 |
12 |
Sinopec Tianjin LNG Terminal |
1.08 |
4*160,000 + 2*220,000 |
10.8 |
PipeChina Tianjin LNG Terminal |
0.44 |
1*160,000 + 2*30,000 + 1*220,000 |
6 |
Beijing Gas Tianjin LNG Terminal |
0.84 |
2*200,000 + 2*220,000 |
5 |
Source: OilChem
Written by Sunny Fang, fss@oilchem.net
Edited by Aggie Hu, huchenying@mysteel.com