The 15-billion yuan (US$2.27 billion) investment covers building several trains with a total liquefaction capacity of 5 million tonnes of LNG per year.

The offsite facilities include export pipelines, 50 regasification stations and 80 LNG refilling stations.

The company hopes to source gas from fields in the Ordos basin operated by PetroChina and Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum.

Wuzhong is a hub where three of PetroChina’s West-East pipeline grids meet.

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