Taichung LNG Terminal

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

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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