February 1, 2021, by Adnan Bajic
French liquefied natural gas (LNG) containment specialist GTT is progressing the construction of land storage tanks in China.
Courtesy of GTT
GTT informed through a brief social media update that it has reached the sixth layer of outer concrete wall on two 222,000-cbm land storage tanks being built for Beijing Gas in cooperation with Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering (HQC). The membrane full containment tanks feature the GST technology developed by the French company. City gas distributor Beijing Gas, a unit of BEG, is building a 5 million tonnes per year LNG import terminal in the Tianjin south port Industrial Zone. The LNG receiving terminal will be an emergency peak-shaving reserve project.
Courtesy of GTT
GTT is also progressing the construction of an onshore tank at the Hejian LNG peak shaving facility in the Hebei province in Northern China. The 29,000-cbm membrane tank has completed five layers of the outer concrete wall. The tank is being built for Huagagng Gas in cooperation with the facility’s EPC contractor CPECCNC, a unit of China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corp. The LNG tank is expected to be commissioned during the second half of 2021.
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