Jiangsu LNG Terminal

Summary Information

• Ownership: Petrochina / CNPC (PetroChina (55%), Jiangsu Guoxin Investment Group Ltd (10%) and Hong Kong-based Pacific Oil & Gas holding (35%))
• Website: http://www.petrochina.com.cn/
• Location: Rudong county of Nantong city, China
• Capacity: 10.0 million tons/annum
• Status: In Operation

Brief Description

• A medium sized re-gasification terminal, the LNG project is composed of artificial islands, receiving terminals, pierhead trestles and sea-crossing pipelines, mainly receiving, storing, gasifying and transporting oversea LNG.

Technical Details

• Storage capacity: 3 * 160,000 cubic-metre
• Unloading capacity: Maximum unshipping capacity of 267,000 cubic meters
• Send out capacity: 25 million cubic meters daily

Constructor:

• Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation (EPC)
• SOFREGAZ: Services contract for HAZOP and SIL reviews, process and Engineering Documents review & Commissioning procedures preparation and start-up
• Freyssinet: Pre-stressing for LNG tanks

Ongoing Projects/Project Status

• Phase III expansion is underway to expand capacity to 10 million tons gas, 13.5 billion cubic meters annually.
• Phase I Construction was Completed in 2011
• Phase II increased capacity to 6.5 million tons or 8.7 billion cubic meters annually

Suppliers / Customers

• Suppliers:
  • Initially supplies came from Qatargas 4 Ras Laffan LNG Terminal
  • The Gorgon LNG Terminal in Australia is also a supplier
• Customers:

History

• 2005 - China National Petroleum signed with the Jiangsu provincial government in Beijing "Jiangsu LNG project cooperation agreement
• 2006 - Jiangsu LNG project feasibility study report completed.
• 2008 - SOFREGAZ awarded services contract
• 2008 - Supply agreement signed with Qatargas
• 2009 - Construction launched
• 2011 - Pre-commissioning work started
• 2011 - Terminal commissioned with cargo from Qatar
• 2016 - Phase II completed, increasing capacity to 6.5m tpa
• 2021 - Phase III completed,

Other Information

• 8 workers were killed in an accident during construction

Links

1. Freyssinet LNG Tank References
2. Jiangsu liquefied natural gas project (Chinese)
3. HQCEC Jiangsu LNG Project Starts T-1203 Tank Construction
4. JIANGSU & DALIAN – CHINA – LNG RECEIVING TERMINALS
5. PetroChina Jiangsu LNG project becomes trial operational
6. Qatargas commissions Petrochina's first LNG Terminal
7. Qatargas delivers first Q-Max LNG Cargo to China
8. PetroChina completes phase 2 of Rudong LNG terminal expansion
9. Jiangsu LNG Terminal Provisional Acceptance Achieved