ENN banks on import terminal to bolster LNG supplies

BEIJING - Chinese gas distributor ENN Energy Holdings Ltd has begun operations at the first phase of its Zhoushan liquefied natural gas import terminal, ENN Vice-President Ma Shenyuan said at a commencement ceremony for the terminal on Friday.

The terminal, the first major privately owned gas import facility in China, will have an annual capacity of 3 million metric tons a year in its first phase.

The newly opened LNG terminal has received 120,000 tons of LNG since its trial launch in August, said Zhang Hao, vice-president of the company's energy trading group, in a separate speech.