Vietnam to inaugurate Thi Vai LNG terminal this month
PetroVietnam Gas, a unit of state-owned PetroVietnam, will officially inaugurate the Thi Vai LNG import terminal this month, the company announced on October 2. The terminal received its commissioning cargo from Shell in July this year.
Thi Vai LNG import terminal has an initial handling capacity of 1mn tonnes/year. The terminal features a 180,000 m3 storage LNG tank, a jetty, and regasification area. In the second phase, the terminal's capacity will be expanded to 3mn mt/yr.
PV Gas plans to supply regasified LNG through pipelines and also transport LNG via trucks to downstream customers. The Thi Vai LNG import terminal is expected to play a significant role in addressing Vietnam's gas shortage beyond 2023 by augmenting gas supply to consumers, including the Nhon Trach 3 and 4 power plants, as well as industrial customers.