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Eight killed in PetroChina LNG tank collapse

Reuters - Wednesday, June 17

BEIJING, June 16 - Eight people were killed and five others injured by the collapse of a liquefied natural gas storage tank under construction in eastern China, according to a provincial news site.

The LNG tank was being built on reclaimed land in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

It was part of the first phase of PetroChina’s <601857.SS><0857.HK><PTR.N> first LNG terminal, planned to become operational by April 2011.

Initial reports did not say whether the collapse would delay the construction schedule.

The terminal will have a capacity of 6.5 million tonnes of LNG a year, or supply 8.7 billion cubic meters of gas after it becomes fully operational in 2013.

Death toll rises to 8 in E China construction site accident

People’s Daily Onlina, 17:55, June 16, 2009

The death toll of an accident at an LNG storage tank construction site in east China’s Jiangsu Province on Tuesday rose to eight, after six injured ones failed medical treatment, said a hospital source.

The source confirmed that five other injured workers are receiving treatment in the hospital.

The accident happened at 7:50 a.m., when a falling mould killed two construction workers on the spot at the Yangkou Port of Rudong County.

Firefighters said there were a total of 110 workers when the accident happened. The local government has evacuated workers and started an investigation.

The building of the LNG receiving facility is undertaken by the Shanghai Power Construction Engineering Co. at the Yangkou Port. The project has been designed with an annual capacity of handling 6.5 million tons of imported LNG.

Source: Xinhua