A group of liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks, boasting the world's largest single-tank capacity, was completed in Zhuhai City, south China’s Guangdong Province, on Friday, significantly boosting the region's ability to ensure stable natural gas supply in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
After 37 months of construction, the five LNG storage tanks, towering as tall as five 20-story buildings and each spanning nearly 100 meters in diameter, have been finished. With a capacity of storing up to 270,000 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas each, the storage tanks will undergo a debugging phase before being put into use.
The five tanks represent the second phase of the Jinwan "Green Energy Port" project developed by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). The project’s first phase came into service in 2013 and consists of three LNG storage tanks, each with a storage capacity of 160,000 cubic meters.
With a combined storage capacity of 1.83 million cubic meters, the Jinwan "Green Energy Port" project is emerging as the largest natural gas storage and transportation hub in southern China, greatly enhancing the region's ability to ensure a stable natural gas supply in the Greater Bay Area.
"Once the project is fully operational, it will work alongside offshore gas fields like Liwan 3-1, Huizhou 21-1, and Panyu 30-1 to supply gas to cities including Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhuhai, Zhongshan and Jiangmen, ensuring energy security for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and south China," said Shen Bairen, project manager of the second phase.
The completion of the second phase of the project will increase the annual LNG processing capacity of the Jinwan "Green Energy Port" to 7 million tons, equivalent to 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas. This capacity can meet the annual domestic gas needs of 30 million households and generate 50 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity.
Construction of LNG tank group with world's largest single-tank capacity completed in Guangdong
