Taichung LNG Terminal
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Taichung LNG Terminal (台中LNG接收站，第二液化天然氣接收站，簡稱二接) is an LNG import terminal in Taichung, Taiwan.
Location
The terminal is located at Taichung Harbor
Project details
- Owner: 台灣中油天然氣事業部 (CPC Corporation)[1]
- Parent company:
- Location: Taichung Harbor, Taichung, Taiwan
- Coordinates: 24.25304, 120.49586 (exact)[2]
- Capacity: 3 mtpa
- Status: Operating
- Type: Import
- Start year: 2009, 2011
- Cost: 31.5 billion NTD[3][4]
Background
Taichung LNG Terminal is the second LNG import terminal in Taiwan. It began construction in 2004 and was first commissioned in 2009 with a capacity of 1.68 mtpa.[5] Its final phase of construction was completed in 2011, increasing the facility's capacity to 3 mtpa. It is owned by CPC Corporation.[6]
The terminal was designed to supply natural gas to TaiPower's Datan power station, as well as industrial firms and household users in northern and central Taiwan. The project entailed building three 160,000-kiloliter LNG storage tanks, gasification and gas supply facilities and a 135-kilometer, 36-inch sea/land Taichung-Datan Gas Pipeline from Taichung Harbor through the Tongxiao distribution station to the Datan measuring station.[7]
Expansion projects
Expansion Phase 1 臺中LNG接收站擴建一期 (中油)
- Owner: 台灣中油天然氣事業部 (CPC Corporation)[1]
- Parent company:
- Location: Taichung Harbor, Taichung, Taiwan
- Coordinates: 24.25304, 120.49586 (exact)[2]
- Capacity: 2 mtpa
- Cost: NT$18.5 billion[8]
- Status: Operating[9]
- Type: Import
- Start year: 2019[9]
An expansion of 2 mtpa was completed in 2019, also consisting of 160,000-kiloliter above-ground storage tanks.[7] A further expansion proposed for 2022 would add a second pier to Taichung port and increase the terminal's capacity by an additional 1 mtpa.[7]
Expansion Phase 2 臺中LNG接收站擴建二期
- Owner: 台灣中油天然氣事業部 (CPC Corporation)[1]
- Parent company:
- Location: Taichung Harbor, Taichung, Taiwan
- Coordinates: 24.25304, 120.49586 (exact)[2]
- Capacity: 2 mtpa[10]
- Status: Construction[11]
- Type: Import
- Start year: 2023[10]
Further expansion through the addition of another berth and associated tanks is planned to be carried out in two phases (Phase II and Phase III). 2 mtpa of regasification capacity will be added by 2023.[10] As of 2022, Phase II was under construction.[11]
Expansion Phase 3
In Phase III of the expansion, the GIIGNL annual report suggests an additional 2.7 mtpa capacity will be added by 2026.[10] Alternative reporting suggests the additional capacity will be as much as 6 mtpa, to bring the full terminal up to 10 mtpa regasification capacity.[12][13] CPC launched feasibility studies for Phase III that will include two additional LNG storage tanks of 180,000 cubic meters each, as well as new regasification facilities. Construction began in July 2022.[12][14]
- Owner: 台灣中油天然氣事業部 (CPC Corporation)[1]
- Parent company:
- Location: Taichung Harbor, Taichung, Taiwan
- Coordinates: 24.25304, 120.49586 (exact)[2]
- Capacity: 6 mtpa (to bring the combined capacity of the terminal up to 10 mtpa)[12][13]
- Alternative reports suggest the added capacity will be 2.7 mtpa[10]
- Status: Construction[12]
- Type: Import[10]
- Start year: 2026[10]
Expansion Phase 4
In Phase 4 of the expansion, the terminal's capacity is expected to reach 13 mtpa, with a commissioning year of 2029.[15]
- Owner: 台灣中油天然氣事業部 (CPC Corporation)[1]
- Parent company:
- Location: Taichung Harbor, Taichung, Taiwan
- Coordinates: 24.25304, 120.49586 (exact)[2]
- Capacity: 3 mtpa (to bring the combined capacity of the terminal up to 13 mtpa)[15]
- Status: Proposed[15]
- Type: Import[15]
- Start year: 2029[15]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "台灣中油". zh.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "http://www.cie.org.tw/cms/JournalFiles/11003_chapter06.pdf" (PDF). CIE. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ↑ "Ezfree華人自在交流聯合網-期刊文獻-中印尼文經協會年刊-2009中印尼文經協會年刊-". www.ezsino.org. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ "Taichung LNG Import Terminal". NS Energy. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ CPC inaugurates Tawiwan's second LNG terminal, Oil & Gas Journal, 17 July 2009
- ↑ Taichung LNG Terminal, GEO, accessed April 2017
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Downstream Operations," CPC Corporation website, accessed March 2019
- ↑ 2.16.886.101.20003.20007.20123. "Projects and Plans". CPC Corporation, Taiwan. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 "中鼎集團電子報 No.458 | CTCI協助穩定台灣電力供應－台中LNG接收站二期計畫氣化設施及管線統包工程". 中鼎集團電子報. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 GIIGNL 2021 Annual Report, accessed May 5, 2021
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "GIIGNL 2022 Annual Report".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 "CPC begins Taichung Phase III LNG terminal expansion---Oil&Gas Journal". July 18, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 "https://storageterminalsmag.com/bechtel-cpc-mry-start-taichung-phase-iii/".
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ↑ 自由時報電子報 (2022-12-20). "中油台中接收站儲槽再增2座 年供應量達千萬噸 - 自由財經". 自由時報電子報. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 "https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/taichung-lng-import-terminal/".
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