On December 27, the CNPC Fujian LNG terminal successfully completed the dome lifting operation for its No. 1 storage tank, according to a social media post by CNPC.
“This marks a key milestone for the project, with the domes for all three 200,000-cubic-meter LNG storage tanks lifted in just 70 days,” the state-owned company said.
“By adopting innovative, highly adaptable methods, technologies, and materials, the project has generated top-quality results with great efficiency,” CNPC added.
CNPC’s unit, Kunlun Energy, said in a statement in October 2025 that the giant steel dome of Tank No. 2, weighing 897 tons, was lifted to its designed height of 40.3 meters in a single operation using air-lifting technology.
The successful completion of this operation marks the transition of the tank construction from the civil phase of the concrete outer tank to the more critical phase of inner tank installation.
Kunlun noted that the construction of the outer tank adopted a “rail-type hydraulic slip form system”, a first in China’s LNG industry.
The company did not say when the facility is expected to be completed.
Reports suggest that the 3 mtpa LNG terminal is scheduled to go online in 2027.
China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) also operates an LNG import terminal in China’s Fujian province.
The LNG facility in Meizhou Bay currently has six 160,000-cbm LNG storage tanks and a regasification capacity of 6.3 mtpa.
CNOOC Gas & Power also previously said that it will start the construction of a new 270,000-cbm LNG tank at the facility in 2025.
China is the world’s largest importer of LNG.
During January-November last year, China imported 60 million tonnes of LNG, a decrease of 13.7 percent compared to the same period last year.
Official data for December LNG imports is not yet available.
