One. The rise of LNG community gasification in China

If the 1980s to 1990s were the era of LPG residential gasification in China, then the first 10 to 20 years of the 21st century will be the era of LNG residential gasification in China. The origin of China's LPG residential gasification is in Shenzhen, Guangdong, and the origin of China's LNG residential gasification should be in Zibo, Shandong. The gas source for Guangdong's LPG residential gasification mainly relies on overseas imports, while the current gas source for Shandong's LNG residential gasification mainly comes from the LNG production plant in Puyang, Henan. In the future, there will be more gas supply channels.

Yangzhai LNG Gasification Station, Zibo City, Shandong Province

This project is the first in China to design a gasification station for unloading, storage, and gasification of liquefied natural gas. The liquefied natural gas is transported from the Zhongyuan Oilfield to the Zibo Gasification Station in低温 tank trucks.

The Zibo project commenced design in June 1999 and was completed in January 2000. Zibo Gas Company began construction in January 2000, completed the construction in October 2000, and started trial operations with LNG. It began supplying LNG on December 2, 2001, making it the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) gasification station in China and the largest in Asia. The natural gas is supplied exclusively to industrial users, with a designed capacity of 120,000 Nm3/d.

Qingdao Jiaojialing LNG Residential Area Gasification Station

The Jiajingling project commenced design in June 2000 and was completed in January 2001; the Qingdao Gas Company began construction in January 2001, and the facility was completed and successfully trial-operated in February 2002, becoming China's first civil liquefied natural gas gasification station with a design capacity of 20,000 Nm3/d.

Guangdong Longchuan LNG Community Gasification Station Project

The Longchuan LNG liquefaction plant has a short design and construction period, taking less than a year from design to completion. The grand opening ceremony was held on May 23rd this year. The design capacity is 10,000 Nm3/d.

Although Longchuan's LNG currently comes from Puyang, Henan, the operator's focus is on Shenzhen. Once the Shenzhen LNG receiving station is completed, Longchuan will benefit.

The Longchuan LNG Gasification Plant project is a management general contracting project managed by Qingdao Chemical Design Institute.

In China, currently under construction and soon to be operational are LNG gasification stations in Shangqiu, Henan; Jiangyan and Shuyang, Jiangsu; Fangzi, Shandong; Suzhou, Zhejiang; Miyun, Beijing; and Bengbu, Anhui. Under planning are cities such as Yuyao, Zhejiang; Jiujiang, Jiangxi; Weifang, Shandong; Pingdu and Qingzhou; and Xiamen, Fujian. It is said that after completing the construction of the LNG gasification station in Longchuan, Guangdong, Shanghai Tongda Energy Co., Ltd. plans to invest in and build LNG community gasification stations in cities like Yangjiang, Huide, and Shanwei in Guangdong.

It appears that the recent LNG community gasification boom in Shandong, China, has far outpaced the earlier LPG community gasification surge in Guangdong. It's even faster than Japan's development pace in the 1970s. Whether it's the scale of construction, speed, or the organizational form of construction, as well as the level of public concern and influence, it is unparalleled by the Guangdong LPG community gasification.

Global natural gas conversion projects are inevitably on the horizon.

With the advancement of the times, the development of the economy, and the demand for environmental protection, the drawbacks of coal-to-gas conversion are increasingly being fully exposed. Advanced countries have already phased out coal-to-gas conversion in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Petroleum-to-gas conversion also has many insurmountable shortcomings. LPG will become a transitional energy source as the future depletion of oil becomes apparent. The global shift to natural gas as a replacement for all other energy sources will become an inevitable development in the revolution of gas energy.

Partial Natural Gas Conversion Schedule for Some Countries

Country

Achieve natural gas conversion (annually)

Gas Source

USA

1945-1958

Pipeline natural gas predominant

Former Soviet Union

1948-1960

Pipeline natural gas predominant

United Kingdom

1964-1977

Preliminarily using LNG, later predominantly pipeline natural gas.

France

1962-1982

LNG and pipeline natural gas integration

Germany

1960-1970

Pipeline natural gas as the main source, with a small amount of LNG

Australia

1976-1986

Piped Natural Gas

Japan

1969-1998

All LNG supply

　　天然气的利用途径可采取管道输送和液化后用船运输、公路槽车和铁路槽车运输多种途径来实现。长输管道输送受到铺设管道需要穿过崇山峻岭、农田村庄以及征用村镇土地赔偿费用等限制，超过一定长距离，从经济角度来考虑是很不合算的。而将天然气液化后用大船（13.5万立方米）通过海上运输，送至城市边沿建设的LNG接收基地是非常经济合算的事。LNG在美国、欧洲、日本早就得到广泛的应用，而日本是世界上使用LNG最成功的国家，年用量达到了5000万吨，占世界LNG贸易量8000万吨的62.5%。亚洲的日本、韩国和台湾地区LNG消费数量，占了世界总消费量的四分之三还多。

The launch of the 3 million tons LNG project in Guangdong, China, the establishment of the 2 million tons LNG project in Fujian, along with the commencement of the Indian LNG project, and the completion of the Dongding LNG receiving base in Taiwan, will lead to a significant increase in Asia's LNG consumption.