Natural Gas
CPC's promotion of natural gas, in keeping with Taiwan's policy goal of energy diversification, is based on its inherent
advantages of high thermal efficiency, lack of pollutants and its relative safety and convenience in handling. CPC's
completion of Taiwan's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Kaohsiung's Yongan District in 1990
inaugurated a new era in the use of clean energy in Taiwan. A subsequent expansion project, completed in December
1996, boosted its annual handling capacity to 4.5 million tons and there has been a third-stage expansion project to
satisfy the growing demand for natural gas from independent power plants and other end-users in northern Taiwan.
In addition to expansion of the terminal itself, we also set a precedent in Taiwan by laying a 36-inch diameter, 238km-
long gas undersea pipeline from Yongan to Tongxiao. Completion of the pipeline in December 2002 expanded CPC's
annual LNG handling capacity to 7.44 million tons.
Building a figure-8 shaped network to stabilize gas supply to power plants.
CPC built a new, 3 million tons annual capacity LNG receiving terminal at Taichung Harbor to meet the gas needs of,
and to supply gas for power generation - such as at Taiwan Power Company's Datan Power Station – industry and
household users in northern and central Taiwan and the harbor hinterland. This project included three 160,000-kiloliter
LNG storage tanks, gasification and gas supply facilities and a 135-kilometer, 36-inch sea/land long-distance
transportation pipeline from Taichung Harbor through the Tongxiao distribution station to the Datan measuring station.
The facility began formal operation on July 13, 2009 and the current "Taichung Terminal Phase II Investment Project"
calls for the construction of a further three 160,000-kiloliter above-ground storage tanks and a gasification facility at the
Taichung terminal, a 26-inch terrestrial gas pipeline between the Taichung plant and the Wuxi Separation Station with
a length of approximately 21.8 km and one switching station and a link with the existing 26-inch terrestrial trunk gas
pipeline at the Wuxi Separation Station. When completed, the project will boost the annual capacity of the Taichung
terminal to 5 million tons, ensure a stable, dependable supply of gas during the winter monsoon period and increase
both LNG storage tank capacity and the number of days supply on hand.
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