Shanghai Yangshan LNG Terminal

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Shanghai Yangshan LNG Terminal (上海洋山LNG接收站) is an operating LNG terminal in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.

Location

Undated Google satellite image shows the exact location of Shanhai Yangshan LNG terminal (left) and its expansion (right).

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Project details

• Owner: Shanghai LNG Company Ltd. 上海液化天然气有限责任公司
• Parent company: Shenergy (Group) Co., Ltd. 申能（集团）有限公司 55%, CNOOC Gas & Power Group 中海石油气电集团有限责任公司 45%.
• Location: Ximentang Island, Shengsi County, Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, China
• Coordinates: 30.60437, 122.10244 (exact)
• Capacity: 3 mtpa
• Status: Operating
• Type: Import
• Start year: 2009

Expansion I

Approval for the construction of two additional storage tanks was received in 2016. Construction on a 3-mtpa expansion of the terminal reportedly began in April 2017. In April 2019 it was reported that construction of the expansion was continuing and that it would be commissioned in 2020.

The expansion of the terminal began operating in November 2020.

• Owner: Shanghai LNG Company Ltd. 上海液化天然气有限责任公司
• Parent company: Shenergy (Group) Co., Ltd. 申能（集团）有限公司 55%, CNOOC Gas & Power Group 中海石油气电集团有限责任公司 45%.
• Location: Yangshan Deepwater Port, Shanghai, China
• Coordinates: 30.60437, 122.10244 (exact)
• Capacity: 3 mtpa
• Status: Operating
• Type: Import

Expansion II

A new expansion project (上海LNG（液化天然气）站线扩建项目) received permit for construction from Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission (DRC) and the Zhejiang Provincial DRC in October 2022.

The construction began on November 20,2022.

The new expansion project is located in Shenjiawan, Yangshan Port, adjacent to the existing Shanghai Yangshan LNG terminal. The receiving LNG capacity is 6 million tons per year. It will add one new 150,000-ton LNG jetty, 10 storage tanks with 220,000 cubic meters each and supporting auxiliary facilities. 70 kilometers of transporting gas pipeline will also be included. It plans to complete 4 storage tanks before 2025, and a full completion in 2030. The total investment is around 17 billion yuan.

The sponsor company of the new expansion project was jointly established by Shenergy Group, Zhejiang Natural Gas Group and CNOOC Gas & Power Group. The LNG it receives will exclusively supply Shanghai.

As of February 2024, the construction is ongoing. The Export-Import Bank of China is leading a syndication to finance the project.

• Owner: Shenergy Yangshan LNG Co., Ltd 申能洋山液化天然气有限公司
• Parent company: Shenergy Group 60%, Zhejiang Natural Gas Group 20%, CNOOC Gas & Power Group 20%

申能（集团）有限公司	60%
浙江能源天然气集团有限公司	20%
中海石油气电集团有限责任公司	20%

• Location: Yangshan Deepwater Port, Shanghai, China
• Coordinates: 30.603601002226817, 122.11369254915732 (exact)
• Capacity: 6 mtpa
• Status: Construction
• Type: Import

Background

Shanghai Yangshan LNG Terminal is a 3 mtpa LNG import terminal located in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, but exclusively supplying natural gas to Shanghai, China.

Phase I construction of Shanghai Yangshan LNG Terminal includes three 165,000 cubic meter storage tanks, a special LNG jetty that can anchor ships up to 200,000m³ and the associated regasification and sea-bed gas pipelines to link to the Shanghai gas distribution network. LNG imports at the site began in 2009 with projected receiving capacity of 3 mpta.

One worker was killed and fifteen workers were injured in an explosion during equipment testing while the terminal was under construction in 2009.