LNG Chain

Import terminal · Taichung, Taiwan

Taichung LNG Terminal

Taichung LNG Terminal is an operating LNG import terminal in Taichung, Taiwan. The tracker lists 5 tracked units with 8 Mtpa operating, 2 Mtpa under construction, 3 Mtpa proposed, the earliest starting in 2009. It is owned by CPC Corporation Taiwan.

Operating

8 Mtpa

10.9 bcm/y · 3 units

Under construction

2 Mtpa

2.72 bcm/y · 1 unit

Proposed

3 Mtpa

4.08 bcm/y · 1 unit

At a glance

Country
Taiwan
State / province
Taichung
Region
Not reported
Import / export
Import
Onshore / floating
Not reported
Status (rolled up)
Operating
Trains / phases tracked
5
Earliest start year
2009
Latest start year
2025
Coordinates
24.2530° N, 120.4959° E
GEM terminal ID
T100000130317
GEM wiki page
gem.wiki

Trains and phases

Each row is one unit as tracked by GEM. Ordered by start year, then proposal year.

UnitStatusCapacity (Mtpa)Capacity (bcm/y)StartProposedFIDOwner (as reported)
Unit Phase 1Operating1.52.042009Not reportedCPC Corporation Taiwan [100%]
Unit Phase 2Operating4.56.122018Not reportedCPC Corporation Taiwan [100%]
Unit Phase 2 expansionOperating22.722025Not reportedCPC Corporation Taiwan [100%]
Unit Phase 3Under construction22.72Not reportedCPC Corporation Taiwan [100%]
Unit Phase 4Proposed34.08Not reportedCPC Corporation Taiwan [100%]

Capacity by status

StatusUnitsMtpabcm/y
Operating3810.9
Under construction122.72
Proposed134.08

Owners and operators

Stakes as reported by GEM per unit, merged across units. Percentages are omitted where GEM does not give them.

Location

Taichung LNG Terminal at 24.2530° N, 120.4959° E, with 6 tracked gas pipelines passing within 25 km.

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Coordinates
24.2530° N, 120.4959° E
Coordinate accuracy (GEM)
exact
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Connected gas pipelines

Tracked pipelines whose route passes within 25 km of this terminal, or whose name matches it. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.

PipelineStatusLengthCapacityDistanceMatched by
Taichung-Wuxi Gas PipelineOperating22 km2.93 bcm/y0.2 kmroute proximity
Taichung-Tunghsiao-Datan Offshore Gas PipelineShelved138 km3.4 kmroute proximity
Yong'an-Tunghsiao Gas PipelineOperating238 km10.89 bcm/y14.9 kmroute proximity
Yong'an-Nankan Gas PipelineOperating420 km15 kmroute proximity
Yong'an-Tunghsiao Gas Pipeline 2Proposed233 km17.5 kmroute proximity
Taichung-Datan Gas PipelineOperating135 km4.39 bcm/y20.9 kmroute proximity

Supplied via

Chokepoints that cargoes arriving at this terminal typically cross, based on where its region is supplied from.

  • Strait of Malacca
  • Strait of Hormuz
  • Panama Canal
  • Lombok Strait
  • Taiwan Strait

Cargoes reach north-east Asia from the Middle East, Australia, the United States and Russia, so exposure is spread.

Routing is an editorial model of typical laden voyages, held in a hand-maintained lane table. It is not vessel tracking, and it does not account for diversions, canal draught limits, ice class or seasonal closures. See methodology, or take the machine-readable exposure feed. Links to the Chokepoints site are inactive until its domain is set in the environment.