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Summary Information
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=== Summary Information ===
  
 
* Ownership: CPC
 
* Ownership: CPC
 
* Website: http://www.cpc.com.tw/
 
* Website: http://www.cpc.com.tw/
 
* Location:  Taichung Harbor  
 
* Location:  Taichung Harbor  
* Capacity: 3.0 million tons/annum  
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* Capacity: 5.0 million tons/annum  
 
* Status: In Operation
 
* Status: In Operation
  
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=== Brief Description ===
* A small regasification facility with three above ground storage tanks
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* A medium sized regasification facility with six above ground storage tanks and two vapourisers
* It is being expanded
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* It is being expanded in a Phase 3 project, with the additions of two 180,000 m3 full containment LNG tanks
  
+++ Technical Details
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=== Technical Details ===
 
* Storage capacity: 3 * 160,000 m3
 
* Storage capacity: 3 * 160,000 m3
 
* Unloading capacity:
 
* Unloading capacity:
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=== Ongoing Projects/Project Status ===
* The terminal is being expanded, with the addition of three more tanks
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* The terminal is being expanded, with the addition of two more tanks and an additional vapouriser
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* Commissioning is expected in [[LNG Terminal Projects to be Completed in 2024 | 2024]]
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* The capacity will be increased to 10 mtpa
  
+++ Suppliers / Customers
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=== Suppliers / Customers ===
 
* Suppliers: The terminal is supplied by Ras Gas in Qatar
 
* Suppliers: The terminal is supplied by Ras Gas in Qatar
 
* Customers: Taipower’s Datan Power Station
 
* Customers: Taipower’s Datan Power Station
  
  
+++ History
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=== History ===
 
* 2009 - Facility Start-up Ceremony is held  
 
* 2009 - Facility Start-up Ceremony is held  
 
* 2011 - Shell and CPC announce LNG sales deal that will see Shell become one the main suppliers of LNG to Taiwan
 
* 2011 - Shell and CPC announce LNG sales deal that will see Shell become one the main suppliers of LNG to Taiwan
 
* 2012 - Expansion project launched
 
* 2012 - Expansion project launched
 
* 2013 - Kawasaki awarded contract for tanks
 
* 2013 - Kawasaki awarded contract for tanks
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* 2019 - Phase 2 was commissioned taking capacity from 3.0 to 5.0 mtpa
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* 2020 - Sofregaz awarded contract for Phase 3
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* 2022 - Bechtel begins construction of the Phase 3 tanks
  
+++ Other Information
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=== Other Information ===
 
* -
 
* -
  
 
=== Links ===
 
=== Links ===
# [http://www.cpc.com.tw/english/content/index01.asp?sno=309&pno=20 CPC Operations]
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# [https://en.cpc.com.tw/cp.aspx?n=2610 CPC Downstream Operations]
 
# [http://www.gasex2010.org/paper/Keynote/Taiwan_Shao-Hua%20Chu.pdf Natural Gas in Taiwan]
 
# [http://www.gasex2010.org/paper/Keynote/Taiwan_Shao-Hua%20Chu.pdf Natural Gas in Taiwan]
 
# [http://www.chiyoda-corp.com/news/en/2001/_lng_1.html Chiyoda Wins a Contract for LNG Receiving Terminal in Taiwan]
 
# [http://www.chiyoda-corp.com/news/en/2001/_lng_1.html Chiyoda Wins a Contract for LNG Receiving Terminal in Taiwan]
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# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:lng-tanks-ordered-for-cpc-taichung-lng-plant-phase-i LNG Tanks Ordered for CPC Taichung LNG Plant Phase II Expansion Project]
 
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:lng-tanks-ordered-for-cpc-taichung-lng-plant-phase-i LNG Tanks Ordered for CPC Taichung LNG Plant Phase II Expansion Project]
 
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:818 Shell and CPC announce LNG sales deal]
 
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/blog:818 Shell and CPC announce LNG sales deal]
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# [https://lng-news.blogspot.com/2022/07/bechtel-starts-construction-on-taiwans.html Bechtel starts construction on Taiwan’s largest LNG storage tanks]

Latest revision as of 15:23, 18 July 2022

Summary Information

  • Ownership: CPC
  • Website: http://www.cpc.com.tw/
  • Location: Taichung Harbor
  • Capacity: 5.0 million tons/annum
  • Status: In Operation

Brief Description

  • A medium sized regasification facility with six above ground storage tanks and two vapourisers
  • It is being expanded in a Phase 3 project, with the additions of two 180,000 m3 full containment LNG tanks

Technical Details

  • Storage capacity: 3 * 160,000 m3
  • Unloading capacity:
  • Send out capacity:
  • Constructor: Chiyoda, CTCI


Ongoing Projects/Project Status

  • The terminal is being expanded, with the addition of two more tanks and an additional vapouriser
  • Commissioning is expected in 2024
  • The capacity will be increased to 10 mtpa

Suppliers / Customers

  • Suppliers: The terminal is supplied by Ras Gas in Qatar
  • Customers: Taipower’s Datan Power Station


History

  • 2009 - Facility Start-up Ceremony is held
  • 2011 - Shell and CPC announce LNG sales deal that will see Shell become one the main suppliers of LNG to Taiwan
  • 2012 - Expansion project launched
  • 2013 - Kawasaki awarded contract for tanks
  • 2019 - Phase 2 was commissioned taking capacity from 3.0 to 5.0 mtpa
  • 2020 - Sofregaz awarded contract for Phase 3
  • 2022 - Bechtel begins construction of the Phase 3 tanks

Other Information

  • -

Links

  1. CPC Downstream Operations
  2. Natural Gas in Taiwan
  3. Chiyoda Wins a Contract for LNG Receiving Terminal in Taiwan
  4. New LNG Facility Start-up Ceremony
  5. LNG Tanks Ordered for CPC Taichung LNG Plant Phase II Expansion Project
  6. Shell and CPC announce LNG sales deal
  7. Bechtel starts construction on Taiwan’s largest LNG storage tanks