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French engineering firm GTT has won a contract to design
three huge onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG)
storage tanks in southern China, the company announced on June 23.
Each tank will hold 240,000 cubic meters. Once completed,
they will be the world’s largest onshore LNG storage tanks using GTT’s GST
full-containment membrane technology, the press release said.
China Chengda Engineering Co. Ltd. placed the order. The
tanks will be built for state-controlled operator PipeChina at the Yuedong
terminal in Jieyang, Guangdong province. Construction began in December 2025
and the project is scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2028,
according to Interesting Engineering.
On June 22, Reuters reported that China is preparing
another LNG terminal to accept sanctioned shipments from Russia.
“The move would provide a lifeline to the $21 billion
project, which is under heavy sanctions, and to
Moscow, whose gas exports have been hit by Europe’s decision to halt purchases
and whose oil sector faces pressure from Ukrainian
attacks,” the report said.
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