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Phase I of Tangshan LNG Project becomes operational
 
 

On December 10, CNPC's Tangshan LNG project, located in the Caofeidian Industrial Zone in the city of Tangshan, Hebei Province, started gas delivery, indicating that phase I of the project is put into operation.

Project Introduction

 

Consisting of receiving terminals, a dock, and auxiliary facilities, the project is designed to have an annual capacity of 10 million tons, and to be built in two phases. Phase I includes four LNG storage tanks of 160,000 cubic meters' volume each, a dedicated unloading dock for LNG carriers with maximum capacity of 270,000 cubic meters, and auxiliary facilities for the terminals. With maximum gasification capacity of 24 million cubic meters per day, Phase I of the project is capable of delivering 8.7 billion cubic meters 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.

Tangshan LNG project is jointly invested and constructed by PetroChina, 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.


Tangshan LNG project started construction in March, 2011, and has been operational prior to the winter gas-consuming peak in 2013. A series of technical achievements with independent intellectual property rights owned by CNPC have been acquired during the construction. Breakthroughs were made in localized R&D of key equipment. As a result, the localization rate of the project hit 80%, with 56% of the equipment materials made in China. Additionally, the project has set a number of records, including the shortest LNG construction period, the shortest first-carrier LNG offloading time, the fewest equipment problems and inner valve leakages.

 

Milestones

● Mar. 23, 2011, the ground-breaking ceremony was held for the Tangshan LNG project,    indicating the start-up of construction.
● Nov. 15, 2011, Tank No.1 was completed, followed by the completion of Tank No.2 nine
   days later.
● May 7, 2012, construction started at the dock of the project.
● Jun. 5, 2012, Tank No.3 was completed.
● Oct. 29, 2012, Tank No.4 was completed.
● Sept. 30, 2013, the dock of the project was mechanically completed.
● Oct. 31, 2013, main work of the receiving terminals was completed.
● Nov. 15, 2013, the LNG carrier "AL GHARRAFA" from Qatar was moored at Tangshan LNG    terminals, and the precooling system began to work.

 

● Nov. 29, 2013, the natural gas, re-gasified from LNG, entered the export pipeline, indicating successful trial-run of the precooling system at the receiving terminals,    and the start-up of trial gas pipelining.
● Dec. 9, 2013, the LNG carrier "ALHAMLA" from Qatar was moored at the receiving terminals. 211,300 cubic meters of LNG was offloaded within 16 hours and 34
   minutes from 2:28 to 17:02 on Dec. 10.
● Dec. 10, 2013, natural gas delivery through pipeline was officially started. By Dec. 11, the daily delivery of re-gasified LNG amounted to 11 million cubic meters and    will be increased as planned gradually. It is estimated that, the LNG offloading volume will reach 440 million cubic meters and the gas delivery will amount to
   about 334 million cubic meters in December this year.

Boosting Gas Supply to Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei

The Tangshan LNG Project, as one of CNPC's major projects to guarantee gas supply in winter, will surely boost the company's gas supply to the Bohai Rim Area, particularly in the peak gas-consuming seasons.

Guaranteeing gas supply to Beijing has always been a top concern of CNPC's gas supply program for winter months. Gas demand of Beijing in 2013 is estimated to hit 9.3 billion cubic meters, and over 7 billion cubic meters in which would be needed for winter use, i.e. 75% of the total annual gas consumption. The significant gap between winter and summer consumption calls for a strong peak-shaving capacity, which is exactly the role that LNG projects can play. It is expected that Tangshan LNG project will deliver 1.28 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei through the Yongqing-Tangshan-Qinhuangdao Gas Pipeline in the winter months this year. This will effectively mitigate the winter gas shortage in the region, particularly in Beijing. In addition to pipeline transportation, LNG from the project can also be conveyed by LNG tank trucks to meet the fast growing demand of LNG for vehicle use.