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LNG Bunkering On Yangtze River to Start in August
Chongqing Fujiang Energy Technology Company (Fujiang Energy), a subsidiary of Fortune Oil Plc. plans to begin offering liquid natural gas (LNG) bunkering on the Yangtze River in August 2013, according to a report by Asia Shipping Media.
With a total capacity of 2,000 cubic meters, the station was said to be able to fill 20 vessels per day.
The company was said to be initially offering free conversion for vessels of large shipping companies to use LNG, then taking a cut of the resulting energy savings made by the shipping companies.
It converted its first vessel to a duel fuel LNG and diesel system last year, and plans to expand both vessel conversion and LNG filling.
Fujiang Energy General Manager Luo Cihua said the company plans to start up another four or five LNG filing stations near Wuhan, Nanjing, and Shanghai.
The Chinese government has been working to promote consumer and industrial use of natural gas in inland China, including along the Yangtze, according to a Financial Times report in November.
