Sinopec to Commission LNG Terminal at Beihai City by December End

Sinopec Group, parent company of Sinopec Corp., is likely to commission its LNG receiving terminal at Beihai city of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region by end of December.

The company will also build 1,318 km of natural gas pipelines covering ten cities in Guangxi as well as Zhanjiang and Maoming city in Guangdong province, Xinhua Finance Agency reported Thursday.

The terminal has a handling capacity of 3 million tons which will rise to 6 million tons by 2017.

The project is jointly invested by Sinopec Group, Guangxi Investment Group and Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group.