State-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation's's major import terminals together handled record imports of liquified natural gas (LNG) in 2018, according to parent company China National Petroleum Corporation, with terminals Tangshan, Dalian and Rudong accepting more than 15 million metric tonnes (mt) in total. Rudong operated at full capacity, receiving 85 vessels for a total of 6.5 million mt, and supplied 9.2 billion cubic metres of gas to the grid, up 49% on 2017. In addition, PetroChina Zhejiang terminal took in 80 LNG vessels in 2018, for a total of 5.47 million mt, a 52% YoY increase.
State-owned PetroChina's major import terminals together handled record imports of liquified natural gas (LNG) in 2018, according to parent company China National Petroleum Corporation, with terminals Tangshan, Dalian and Rudong accepting more than 15 million metric tonnes (mt) in total. Rudong operated at full capacity, receiving 85 vessels for a total of 6.5 million mt, and supplied 9.2 billion cubic metres of gas to the grid, up 49% on 2017. In addition, China National Offshore Oil Corporation's Zhejiang terminal took in 80 LNG vessels in 2018, for a total of 5.47 million mt, a 52% YoY increase.