CNPC Rudong LNG Terminal, Jiangsu, China

The first LNG regasification terminal of CNPC, the Phase IV project is continued…
CNPC Jiangsu LNG terminal is located in the deep-water area near west of Lanshayang Channel in south yellow sea, to the north of Changjiang estuary in China. Since its official commissioning in November 2011, the total amount of LNG received and discharged has exceeded 58 million tons.
 
The project has been developed in multiple phases: Phase I (operational 2011) established 3.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) capacity with three 160,000-cubic-meter storage tanks; Phase II (completed 2015) doubled capacity to 7 MTPA. Phase III, commissioned in September 2021, added two 200,000-cubic-meter tanks, pushing total capacity beyond 10 MTPA. A further expansion launched in June 2025 will add another 200,000-cubic-meter tank by 2029, increasing daily gasification output to 56.5 million cubic meters and boosting annual throughput to 10 MTPA.
 
HalcrowSea has served as technical consultant since Phase I of this project. During the Phase IV expansion, we were responsible for conceptual design of the seawater intake and outlet, and jointly undertook preliminary design with CCCC First Harbor Engineering Design Institute. Our scope encompassed collection and analysis of marine data, determination of intake/discharge locations and layout schemes, code-compliant conceptual design of the intake area, preparation of BOQs and cost estimates, development of the drainage system design study report, coordination with the client on the overall project conceptual study report, and completion of the intake & outlet preliminary design report.
 
As a critical component of China's natural gas production-supply-storage-marketing system, the terminal significantly enhances peak-shaving capacity and energy security for the Yangtze River Delta. The ongoing expansions position Rudong Peninsula as China's largest LNG hub, with total regional capacity projected to exceed 26 MTPA—accounting for 10% of the national total—upon completion of several concurrent terminal projects by PetroChina, GCL, and Jiangsu Guoxin.

Related content