The world's largest offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving station started trial operation after completing its first LNG ship unloading and pipeline purging on May 14.
The station is a part of the Hong Kong LNG project contracted by Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC).
Once operational, it is expected to greatly improve clean energy-based power generation in the region and will be of great significance in optimizing the energy structure of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and helping achieve China's "dual carbon" goals of peaking carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and reaching carbon neutrality by 2060.
A view of the offshore LNG receiving station of the Hong Kong LNG project [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
The Hong Kong LNG project mainly includes construction of a double-berth offshore LNG receiving station, a land-based LNG receiving station and two submarine pipelines.
It will provide Hong Kong with stable and clean power generation fuel and contribute to the green and high-quality development of the Greater Bay Area.
According to Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd., the offshore LNG receiving station is the core of the project and the world's first all-steel structure offshore terminal with two berths, capable of accommodating two of the world's largest floating storage regasification Units (FSRU) or LNG carriers at the same time.
The designed service life of the terminal is 50 years, more than twice that of a conventional offshore LNG receiving terminal.
Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd. is able to build the whole industrial chain LNG engineering facilities and has taken the lead in construction of ultra-large LNG storage tank and offshore LNG receiving stations. It plans to step up efforts in development of key and core technologies in the clean energy industry.
(Executive editor: Xie Yunxiao)
