Longkou Nanshan LNG Terminal

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Longkou Nanshan LNG Terminal, also known as 中海油龙口南山LNG接收站，国家管网龙口南山LNG接收站, is an LNG import terminal in China with units that are proposed and in construction.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Phase 1	Yantai, Shandong, China	37.680774, 120.220284 (exact)
Phase 2 and 3	Yantai, Shandong, China	37.680774, 120.220284 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the terminal:

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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 1	import	construction	6.45 mtpa	20.45 mtpa	False	–
Phase 2 and 3	import	proposed	14 mtpa	20.45 mtpa	False	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Phase 1	import	US$1,644,380,800 (10,277,380,000 RMB)	US$5,484,380,800
Phase 2 and 3	import	US$3,840,000,000 (24,000,000,000 RMB)	US$5,484,380,800

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 1	import	construction	2019	–	2020	2025	–
Phase 2 and 3	import	proposed	2019	–	–	–	–

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Phase 1	import	construction	National Pipe Network Group Nanshan (Shandong) Natural Gas Co Ltd [100%]	National Petroleum and Natural Gas Pipeline Network Group Co Ltd [60.0%]; Nanshan Group Co Ltd [40.0%]	–
Phase 2 and 3	import	proposed	National Pipe Network Group Nanshan (Shandong) Natural Gas Co Ltd [100%]	National Petroleum and Natural Gas Pipeline Network Group Co Ltd [60.0%]; Nanshan Group Co Ltd [40.0%]	–

Background

In January 2019 Sinopec Gas, Hengtong Logistics, Longkou Port and Longkou Municipal People's Government signed a framework cooperation agreement to build a terminal with 6 mtpa capacity by 2022.

As of October 2019, the project is officially permitted.

With the establishment of PipeChina, some of the pipeline and LNG terminal assets from Sinopec, CNOOC, PetroChina and other state owned enterprises were transferred to PipeChina, including this project.

The construction of Longkou LNG terminal began in May 2020. It was the first LNG terminal project of PipeChina entering construction.

Longkou LNG Terminal was designed as three phases with total capacity of 20 mtpa. The total investment was estimated 35 billion yuan (US$5 billion). There will be 20 storage tanks with 220,000 cubic meters each once all three phases are completed. Phase 1 contains 6 storage tanks with 6 mpta of capcity and is still under construction by the end of 2022.

In July 2023, Phase 1 still appeared to be under construction. This was the case as of September 2023, as well.

Longkou LNG terminal first phase is aiming operating in 2024.

The phase 1 was reportedly completed by March 2025.

As of January 2026, Phase I has entered the testing stage, preparing for official operation.

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. Longkou LNG terminal is one of them.

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