LNG terminals to buttress north China supply security
Winter is coming, and for the gas market in northern China that means LNG terminals will play a key role in ensuring supply Winter is coming, and for the gas market in northern China that means LNG terminals will play a key role in ensuring supply.
18 September 2017
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Beijing and Tianjin will rely on LNG from the Tianjin and Tanghshan terminals if supply is tight this winter. (CNOOC)
LNG terminals will play a key role in helping northern China sidestep gas shortages this winter as supply from long-distance pipelines will be constrained by capacity, industry analysts have told Interfax Natural Gas Daily.
Beijing and Tianjin receive most of their gas from the three Shaanxi-Beijing trunk pipelines. The pipelines supplied 33.8 billion cubic metres in 2016 and are already running at capacity.
A fourth trunk line, with a capacity of 25 bcm/y, is expected to be commissioned next month, but local media have...
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