Xinyuan Natural Gas to Begin Trials at Inner Mongolia LNG Plant

China's Xinyuan Natural Gas plans to conduct trial runs at its 300,000 cubic metre (cbm)/day liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at Baotou in Inner Mongolia this month, ICIS news report said.

The plant is equipped with a 4,500 cbm storage tank and will mainly consume feedstock gas supplied by PetroChina's Changqing Oilfield, ICIS said citing a source.

"Output from the LNG plant will be supplied to households and our LNG-refuelling stations in Baotou city, with extra volumes sold nationwide in China," the source said.

The company owns one LNG-refuelling station in the city and is planning to build more in future. Baotou-based Xinyuan Natural Gas largely engages in related businesses of LNG production and distribution.