LNG Chain

Import terminal · Tianjin, China

Tianjin LNG Terminal (PipeChina)

Tianjin LNG Terminal (PipeChina) is an operating LNG import terminal in Tianjin, China. The tracker lists 4 tracked units with 12 Mtpa operating, the earliest starting in 2014. It is owned by CNOOC Tianjin LNG Ltd Co.

Operating

12 Mtpa

16.3 bcm/y · 2 units

Under construction

Not reported

1 unit, capacity not reported

Proposed

no units proposed

At a glance

Country
China
State / province
Tianjin
Region
Not reported
Import / export
Import
Onshore / floating
Not reported
Status (rolled up)
Operating
Trains / phases tracked
4
Earliest start year
2014
Latest start year
2024
Coordinates
38.9758° N, 117.7875° E
GEM terminal ID
T100000130410
GEM wiki page
gem.wiki

Trains and phases

Each row is one unit as tracked by GEM. Ordered by start year, then proposal year.

UnitStatusCapacity (Mtpa)Capacity (bcm/y)StartProposedFIDOwner (as reported)
Unit Phase 1Retired2.22.992014Not reportedCNOOC Tianjin LNG Ltd Co [100%]
Unit Phase 1 replacementOperatingNot reportedNot reported2018Not reportedCNOOC Tianjin LNG Ltd Co [100%]
Unit Phase 2Operating1216.32024Not reportedCNOOC Tianjin LNG Ltd Co [100%]
Unit Phase 3Under constructionNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedCNOOC Tianjin LNG Ltd Co [100%]

Capacity by status

StatusUnitsMtpabcm/y
Operating21216.3
Under construction1Not reportedNot reported
Retired12.22.99

Owners and operators

Stakes as reported by GEM per unit, merged across units. Percentages are omitted where GEM does not give them.

Location

Tianjin LNG Terminal (PipeChina) at 38.9758° N, 117.7875° E, with 11 tracked gas pipelines passing within 25 km.

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Coordinates
38.9758° N, 117.7875° E
Coordinate accuracy (GEM)
exact
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Connected gas pipelines

Tracked pipelines whose route passes within 25 km of this terminal, or whose name matches it. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.

PipelineStatusLengthCapacityDistanceMatched by
CNOOC Coal Gasification Transmission PipelineOperating88 km17.52 bcm/y8.3 kmroute proximity
CNOOC Coal Gasification Transmission PipelineProposed1,022 km20 bcm/y8.3 kmroute proximity
CNOOC Coal Gasification Transmission PipelineOperating414 km6.6 bcm/y20.6 kmroute proximity
Tianjin Gas Pipeline NetworkOperating229 km4.5 bcm/yname match
Tianjin Gas Pipeline NetworkOperating120 km3.1 bcm/yname match
Tianjin Gas Pipeline NetworkOperating108 km6.3 bcm/yname match
Tianjin Gas Pipeline NetworkOperating182 km9.05 bcm/yname match
Tianjin Gas Pipeline NetworkOperating87 km0.37 bcm/yname match
Tianjin Gas Pipeline NetworkOperating83 km1.18 bcm/yname match
Tianjin Gas Pipeline NetworkOperating622 km13.6 bcm/yname match
Tianjin Gas Pipeline NetworkUnder construction137 km15.6 bcm/yname match

Supplied via

Chokepoints that cargoes arriving at this terminal typically cross, based on where its region is supplied from.

  • Strait of Malacca
  • Strait of Hormuz
  • Panama Canal
  • Lombok Strait
  • Taiwan Strait

Cargoes reach north-east Asia from the Middle East, Australia, the United States and Russia, so exposure is spread.

Routing is an editorial model of typical laden voyages, held in a hand-maintained lane table. It is not vessel tracking, and it does not account for diversions, canal draught limits, ice class or seasonal closures. See methodology, or take the machine-readable exposure feed. Links to the Chokepoints site are inactive until its domain is set in the environment.