Guangxi LNG Terminal

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Guangxi LNG Terminal, also known as PipeChina Beihai LNG Terminal, Beihai LNG Terminal, 广西LNG接收站, 国家管网北海LNG接收站, and 中石化北海LNG接收站（原名）, is an LNG import terminal in China with units that are operating and in construction.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Phase I	Tieshan Port, Beihai, Guangxi, China	21.448966, 109.531699 (exact)
Phase II	Tieshan Port, Beihai, Guangxi, China	21.448966, 109.531699 (exact)
Phase III	Tieshan Port, Beihai, Guangxi, China	21.4506298, 109.5253685 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Infrastructure details

mtpa = million tonnes per year

Name	Facility type	Status	Capacity	Total terminal capacity	Offshore	Associated infrastructure
Phase I	import	operating	3 mtpa	12.0 mtpa	False	–
Phase II	import	operating	3 mtpa	12.0 mtpa	False	–
Phase III	import	construction	6 mtpa	12.0 mtpa	False	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Phase I	import	US$2,800,000,000	US$4,357,979,200
Phase II	import	US$308,774,400 (1,929,840,000 RMB)	US$4,357,979,200
Phase III	import	US$1,249,204,800 (7,807,530,000 RMB)	US$4,357,979,200

Financing

No financing data available.

Table 4: Project timeline

FID = Final Investment Decision, used by some developers to indicate a project will move forward

Name	Facility type	Status	Proposal year	FID year	Construction year	Operating year	Inactive year
Phase I	import	operating	–	–	2013	2016	–
Phase II	import	operating	2018	–	2022	2025	–
Phase III	import	construction	2021	–	2021	–	–

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Phase I	import	operating	National Pipe Network Group Beihai LNG Co Ltd [100%]	National Petroleum and Natural Gas Pipeline Network Group Co Ltd [80.0%]; Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group Co Ltd [20.0%]	–
Phase II	import	operating	National Pipe Network Group Beihai LNG Co Ltd [100%]	National Petroleum and Natural Gas Pipeline Network Group Co Ltd [80.0%]; Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group Co Ltd [20.0%]	–
Phase III	import	construction	Guangxi Gas Group Co Ltd [100%]	Guangxi Gas Group Co Ltd [100.0%]	–

Background

Guangxi LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Guangxi, China.

Phase I of the LNG terminal began construction in 2013 and commercial operations in April 2016, with receiving capacity of 3 mtpa. LNG is supplied predominantly from Australia (APLNG) as part of a long-term supply arrangement between APLNG and Sinopec under which China’s state-owned operator has agreed to purchase 7.6 million tpy of LNG for 20 years. The project will supply China’s southwest provinces of Guangxi and western Guangdong with gas.

On September 30, 2020, Sinopec transferred this LNG terminal to newly established PipeChina, along with other pipeline assets.

On November 3, 2020, a fire accident on the site of the terminal caused 7 deaths. The accident happened only one month after the assets of the LNG terminal was transferred to PipeChina.

Ownership change

In February 9, 2019, the National Petroleum and Natural Gas Pipeline Group Co., Ltd. (PipeChina) was established with a major focus on the investment and construction of the long-distance oil and gas pipeline network and storage & peaking facilities, offering fair and open oil and gas pipeline transmission services. 10 existing and under-construction LNG terminals were reportedly transferred or are going to transfer their ownerships to PipeChina. Guangxi LNG terminal is one of them.

Phase II

A future Phase II of the project could add an additional 2 mpta receiving capacity. The project received permit for construction from the provincial government in December 2018.

However, as of early 2022 there was no news that construction had begun, and it is considered shelved.

On April 29, 2022, the second phase of Beihai LNG terminal began construction. It will add two more storage tanks with 200,000 cubic meters each, increasing the storage capacity of Beihai LNG terminal from 640,000 cubic meters to 1.04 million cubic meters. The construction to increase the capacity of transportation began in 2019 and completed in 2021.

Two 200,000-square-meter storage tanks of the second phase were successfully raised to the top on September 19, 2023.

The construction on one storage tank was completed in January 2025.

Phase III

A third phase of the Guangxi LNG Terminal with 0.55 bcm storage capacity has been discussed.

According to the notice for public review in March 2021, the third phase will add a receiving capacity of 6 mtpa and four storage tanks with 220,000 cubic meters each.

The third phase received permit for construction on March 15, 2021, and held a ceremony for construction at the end of 2021. It aimed the completion at the end of 2024. The construction will take place in two stages. Two storage tanks with 3 mtpa of capacity will be built first.

The supporting berth for the third phase of Beihai LNG terminal began construction in August 2023. It aimed to operate by 2025.

Beihai LNG terminal originally had two phases. One is operating, one was permitted but not yet began construction, and PipeChina took the control of it in 2019. The local government felt there was a need to build a new terminal in its own hand. As a result, the Autonomous Region (province) proposed this third phase and is actively pushing it forward. The owner is different from the earlier phases. The location is slightly away from the other two phases.

In December 2025, the project entered the final stage.

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