Project Profile
Value: US$0.25 billion
Location: Taichung harbor, Taichung, Taiwan
Storage capacity: 3 mtpa
Start-up: 2009
Taichung LNG Terminal Taiwan is located at Taichung harbor, Taichung, Taiwan. The terminal is a small regasification facility with three above ground storage tanks. The terminal is being expanded, with the addition of three more tanks. The terminal has the storage capacity of 3.0 million tonnes/annum( mtpa). The terminal is supplied by Ras Gas in Qatar. For 2009, the Taichung LNG terminal supplied 1.68 million tonnes of vaporized LNG via a subsea pipeline to the state-run 4.4-Gw Tatan electric power plant in Taoyuan County, northern Taiwan. The terminal started operation in 2009. Start-up of the Taichung terminal allowed CPC to import nearly 1.6 million tonnes of LNG from Qatar in year 2009.
Taichung LNG terminal is currently undergoing expansion. The expansion plan includes three above-ground LNG storage tanks with a capacity of 160,000 m3. These tanks consist of an inner tank built with cryogenic materials and an outer tank made of prestressed concrete, with an insulation layer in between to keep LNG at a temperature of -162°C. The plan also includes a submerged pump and auxiliary facilities such as cryogenic piping. CPC Corporation signed the contract for the expansion with Kawasaki Heavy Industries in 2013. The contract, worth approximately 27 billion yen (US$0.25 billion), was fulfilled by a Kawasaki-led consortium with RSEA Engineering Corporation. Completion of the construction is scheduled for December 2018, after which the terminal’s capacity at Taichung Harbor will have a capacity of 5 million tonnes per year.
Operator:
CPC Corporation: 100% interest
Contractors:
Kawasaki Heavy Industries: Construction of the three LNG tanks.