Project Profile
Value: US$1,260 million
Location: Caofeidian Port, Tangshan, Hebei
Storage capacity: 3.5 mmtpa
Unloading capacity: 80,000-270,000 cu m LNG ships
Start-up Year: 2013
The Tangshan Caofeidian LNG terminal, located in China\'s Hebei province, China has an initial capacity of 3.5 mmtpa. Tangshan LNG project started construction in March, 2011, and has been operational in 2013.
Consisting of receiving terminals, a dock, and auxiliary facilities, the project is designed to be built in two phases. Phase I includes four LNG storage tanks of 160,000 cubic metres\' volume each, a dedicated unloading dock for LNG carriers with maximum capacity of 80,000-270,000 cu m LNG ships, and auxiliary facilities for the terminals. With maximum gasification capacity of 24 million cubic metres per day, Phase I of the project is capable of delivering 8.7 bcm (billion cubic metres) of natural gas per annum. Four more storage tanks of the same volume and one more berth are planned to be built in phase II. A second-phase expansion will increase total capacity to10 million mt/year.
Tangshan LNG project is jointly invested and constructed by PetroChina (subsidiary of CNPC), Beijing Enterprises Group Company Limited, and Hebei Natural Gas Company Limited. It is CNPC\'s third LNG project after Jiangsu LNG and Dalian LNG projects.
Operators:
PetroChina Company Limited
China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC)
Contractors:
China Huanqiu Contracting and Engineering Corp (HQCEC): Preliminary design