Kunlun's Jiangsu Terminal Receives 1st SPB Vessel
Kunlun Energy-operated Jiangsu LNG terminal recently received its first self-supporting prismatic type B (SPB) vessel, Vitality, that unloaded 65,000 metric tons of LNG, Kunlun’s parent company, CNPC, said on May 26 in a statement.
Type B tanks limit sloshing problems, an improvement over membrane LNG carrier tanks which may break due to the sloshing impact, therefore destroying the ship's hull.
Earlier this year, CNPC said that the third phase expansion of the Jiangsu terminal was underway. Two new 200,000-m3 storage tanks will be built, along with related infrastructure. At present, the terminal has a handling capacity of 6.5mn mt/year. Once the third phase is complete, the terminal will have three 160,000 m3 and three 200,000 m3 LNG storage tanks. The total tank capacity will increase from the current 680,000 m3 to 1.08mn m3.
Kunlun operates three LNG import terminals – Jiangsu, Tangshan and Dalian. The Jiangsu terminal is located in the Jiangsu province, the Tangshan terminal in the Hebei province and Dalian terminal in the Liaoning province.