GTT completes two LNG tanks of Tianjin Nangang terminal
China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Co. has completed the construction of two LNG onshore storage tanks, which use GTT’s GST membrane containment technology, as part of Beijing Gas Group’s (BGG) Tianjin Nangang LNG terminal, GTT said on January 12.
These very large onshore LNG tanks are part of the agreement signed in November 2019 between GTT and the Chinese state-owned company Beijing Enterprises Group (BEG), relating to the construction of eight onshore tanks using GST technology, at the BGG Tianjin Nangang LNG terminal.
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The two onshore tanks are now entering the commissioning phase and will be operational in the first half of 2023, GTT said.
The French firm said that GST technology offers many advantages compared to a traditional onshore LNG tank: safer storage management through integrated monitoring, greater storage capacity for the same footprint and greater respect for the environment.
BGG, HQCEC and GTT organized a delivery ceremony in the presence of Laurent Bili, ambassador of France in China, Jean-Marc Fenet, minister counselor, representatives of the governments of Beijing & Tianjin, Yalan Li, chairwoman of BGG, Shaoguang Song, chairman of HQCEC, and Adnan Ezzarhouni, general manager of GTT China.
Tianjin Nangang LNG terminal, located in Binhai District, Tianjin, China, will have a capacity of 5mn metric tons/year in the first phase.