Shandong LNG Terminal
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Shandong LNG Terminal (also known as Qingdao LNG) is an LNG terminal in Shandong, China.
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Location
Project Details
- Owner:
- Parent: Sinopec
- Location: Dongjiakou Port, Qingdao Prefecture, Shandong, China
- Coordinates: 35.58624, 119.759685 (exact)
- Capacity: 3 mtpa, 0.43 bcfd
- Status: Operating
- Type: Import
- Start Year: 2014
Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day
Background
Shandong LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Shandong, China.[1]
Completed in late 2014, the Shandong LNG terminal was initially constructed with three 160,000 cubic meter storage tanks and a receiving capacity of 3 mpta and distribution was planned for residential customers.[2]
Expansion Project Details
- Owner:
- Parent: Sinopec
- Location: Dongjiakou Port, Qingdao Prefecture, Shandong, China
- Coordinates: 35.58624, 119.759685 (exact)
- Capacity: 4 mtpa, 0.57 bcfd
- Status: Construction
- Type: Import
- Start Year: 2021
Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day
Expansion Background
Phase II planned expansion could increase capacity to 5-6 mpta.[3] In August 2018 Sinopec received approval from the Shandong provincial government for a 2.3 billion yuan ($337 million) expansion that would increase the terminal's capacity to 7 mtpa, with an estimated completion date of 2021.[4]
The second phase of this LNG got permitted and began construction in Oct 2018. The capacity of the two phases will reach 7 mtpa after the second phase completed.[5]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Shandong LNG Terminal, A Barrel Full, accessed April 2017
- ↑ China's Sinopec Could Start Trading LNG from 2016, Platts, December 16, 2014
- ↑ Sinopec Puts Shandong LNG Into Operation, LNG World News, December 14, 2015
- ↑ Sinopec's Shandong LNG terminal expansion wins provincial approval, Reuters, Aug. 2, 2018
- ↑ The second phase of the Shandong LNG project was officially approved by the Shandong Provincial Development and Reform Commission., Sinopec, April 16, 2019