In April, Methane Rita Andrea’s AIS data provided by VeseselsValue showed that the LNG carrier was located at the Guantang LNG terminal, also known as the Taoyuan LNG terminal.
The vessel delivered a cargo from Qatar to the facility.
“Since the unloading of the first LNG cargo ship and the start of a test run on April 1, CPC’s Guantang LNG terminal has met its natural gas output target ahead of schedule on April 22,” CPC said in a statement on Thursday.
Also, Taipower’s Datan power plant has consistently received 200 tons of natural gas per hour since May 6, according to CPC.
“On June 6, the test run was completed ahead of schedule, with a capacity of 900 tons of natural gas output per hour being tested,” it said.
“This progress was one week ahead of the original schedule, demonstrating CPC’s commitment to cooperating with the government’s domestic energy transition policy and collaborating to achieve the national gas supply goal,” the firm said.
CPC noted in the statement that the Guantang LNG terminal’s current capacity has met the originally designed output capacity.
“To meet the natural gas demand of seven to nine turbine engines at the TPC Datan power plant and other users in the Northern region, the integration and optimization of various systems, as well as overall process reliability tests, will be carried out,” CPC added.
CPC did not provide further details.
Taiwan’s LNG imports
Taiwan currently imports LNG via two terminals operated by CPC.
CPC operates the Yung-An LNG terminal with a capacity of 10.5 mtpa and the Taichung LNG import terminal with a capacity of 6 mtpa. The firm is also expanding its Taichung LNG terminal.
In addition, CPC is also working on the Kaohsiung intercontinental LNG terminal, and the Zhouji LNG terminal.
During January-July of this year, Taiwan imported 15.19 million tonnes of LNG, a rise from 13.8 million tonnes in the same period in 2024, according to customs data.
Taiwan mostly imports LNG from Australia and Qatar.
