China’s Yangjiang LNG terminal gets first cargo

The 145,700-cbm Maran Gas Coronis, owned by Maran Gas and Nakilat, delivered the commissioning LNG cargo to the LNG import terminal in Yangjiang port on November 15, Guangdong Energy said in a statement.

According to AIS data from VesselsValue, Maran Gas Coronis previously loaded the LNG cargo at the Petronas-operated Bintulu LNG complex in Malaysia.

This LNG carrier also delivered the commissioning cargo to Guangdong Energy’s Huizhou LNG terminal last year.

Guangdong Energy said this shipment marks the official entry of the Yangjiang LNG peak shaving storage project into the commissioning phase.

The company noted that the first phase of the terminal located in Yangjiang included the construction of two 160,000-cbm LNG storage tanks, as well as an LNG jetty capable of receiving vessels of up to 175,000 cbm.

The facility is designed to handle an annual LNG throughput of 2.8 million tons, equivalent to approximately 4 billion standard cubic meters of natural gas, it said.

In addition, the project includes a 41.5-km export pipeline connecting to Guangdong’s provincial gas network, Guangdong Energy said.

Sukanto Tanoto’s Pacific Energy previously said that it established a 50/50 partnership with a unit of Guangdong Energy to build the LNG facility.

Germany-based TGE Gas Engineering, a unit of China’s CIMC, and its consortium partner, China Chengda Engineering, began work on this project for Guangdong Yanjiang Hailing Bay LNG in September 2021.

TGE Gas Engineering’s unit in China also announced the arrival of the commissioning cargo in a separate statement.

Upon commissioning, the project will significantly enhance natural gas supply resilience in western Guangdong and across the province, playing a critical peak-shaving role during peak electricity demand seasons and emergency supply scenarios, the company said.