Qingdao Port as seen through “Shandong Refining”

Founded in 1892, Qingdao Port is the seventh largest port in the world. It primarily provides logistics services such as loading and unloading, storage, transshipment, and distribution of various imported and exported goods including containers, crude oil, iron ore, coal, and grains, as well as international passenger transport services. Annual throughput: 485 million tons (2015). Qingdao Port is composed of four major port areas: Qingdao Dagang Port Area, Huangdao Oil Port Area, Qianwan Port Area, and Dongjiakou Port Area. Crude oil transportation takes place mainly in the Huangdao Port Area, which features five docks with 11 berths in total. Phase I of the Dongjiakou Port area features four large docks (Dock 1 for 100,000 tons of crude oil, Dock 2 for 200,000 tons of crude oil, Dock 3 for 300,000 tons of crude oil, and a dock for liquid chemicals) as well as 9 large-scale, deep-water berths dedicated to oil and liquefied products. In 2018, construction began on Phase 2, which involves building 1 oil berth with a capacity of 300,000 tons and 1 oil berth with a capacity of 100,000 tons.

Qingdao Haiye Oil Terminal: Established as a joint venture between Haiye and **Haoxin Trade, it is primarily engaged in port construction and operation, as well as the storage and transshipment of crude oil and fuel oil, with a transshipment capacity of 15 million tons per year. It features one 300,000-ton berth that can accommodate both 50,000-ton vessels and 300,000-ton oil tankers for loading and unloading; the terminal’s handling capacity is 10,000–12,000 cubic meters per hour. There is also one 5,000-ton berth capable of holding one 5,000-ton or two 1,000-ton oil tankers for loading and unloading operations, along with supporting oil storage tanks and facilities. Total storage capacity: 1.26 million cubic meters. There are 24 floating roof oil tanks in total – 1.04 million cubic meters in the Haiye Oil Terminal area and 216,000 cubic meters in the Yijiyanghong area. Among these, there are 7 tanks with a capacity of 100,000 cubic meters each, 7 tanks with a capacity of 50,000 cubic meters each, 3 tanks with a capacity of 30,000 cubic meters each, 2 tanks each with a capacity of 23,000 cubic meters and 20,000 cubic meters, and 3 tanks with a capacity of 10,000 cubic meters each. The tank farm is connected by pipelines to the main docks at the Huangdao oil port area, enabling the discharge of fuel oil, crude oil, and other substances.

Qingdao Shihua Crude Oil Terminal: Scope of operations includes the loading, unloading, transshipment, and storage of petroleum (crude oil, fuel oil, refined oil, etc.), liquid chemical products, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). It offers services related to bonded storage, supervision, and pledging. The terminal has 5 docks and 11 berths, with a designed handling capacity of 58.91 million tons. The first phase of the oil terminal features 4 berths that can accommodate oil tankers of 50,000 tons or less; it also has 12 production pipelines for transporting crude oil, fuel oil, and refined oil. The second phase of the oil terminal has 1 berth that can accommodate oil tankers of 80,000 to 300,000 tons in size； The liquid chemical terminal has 3 berths capable of accommodating ships with a capacity of 0.1–150,000 tons, and it is equipped with 8 pipelines for transporting crude oil, fuel oil, nitrogen, steam, and other substances. The third-phase oil terminal has 1 berth that can handle ships with a capacity of 100,000–450,000 tons, and it features 6 pipelines for various process purposes.

This post was last edited by The wise are enlightened on 2020-5-17 at 19:03. How large is the storage capacity behind the dock? Let’s take a look at the picture first; this is the crude oil storage tank complex in the Huangdao port area of Qingdao Port.

Storage capacity: 1. Huangdao Oil Depot (Sinopec), one of China’s main oil transfer stations, with a storage capacity of 2.1 million cubic meters; it features 38 large floating roof crude oil storage tanks. 2. Huangdao **Oil Reserve Base: storage capacity of 3.2 million cubic meters; it features 32 double-disc floating roof oil tanks, each with a capacity of 100,000 cubic meters. 3. Qingdao Yijiyanghong Fuel Oil Depot: storage capacity of 216,000 cubic meters; it has 3 external floating roof oil tanks with a capacity of 50,000 cubic meters each and 2 tanks with a capacity of 23,000 cubic meters each, used for storing fuel oil/crude oil, as well as 2 internal floating roof oil tanks with a capacity of 10,000 cubic meters each.

How does the oil leave the tank area? 1. The crude oil and fuel oil transmission pipeline from Huangdao to Weifang starts at the terminal of the Qingdao Port Oil Terminal Branch in Huangdao District, and its end point is the Weifang Binhai Economic and Technical Development Zone. The total length of the pipeline is 190 kilometers, with a transportation capacity of 15 million tons per year. 2. Donghuang Double Track Line, which connects Dongying and Huangdao and serves the Jinan petrochemical industry; the total length of this pipeline is 248.52 kilometers, with a oil transport capacity of 20 million tons per year. 3. Dongying to Huangdao (Donghuang Line), connecting Dongying and Huangdao; total pipeline length: 245.32 kilometers; oil transport capacity: 10 million tons per year.

Which refineries are the main ones served? 1. Qingdao Anbang Refining & Chemical (Sinopec), with a crude oil processing capacity of 25 million tons per year, is equipped with a 50,000-ton crude oil terminal, 2.6 million cubic meters of crude oil storage tanks, and 110 kilometers of pipelines for transporting crude oil and refined products. 2. Sinopec Qingdao Refining and Chemical Plant: with a processing capacity of 12 million tons of crude oil per year, all the crude oil used for processing is imported, mainly high-sulfur medium and heavy crude oils from the Middle East. The products are exported primarily by sea and through pipelines, with some being transported by road or rail. 3. Jinan Refining & Chemical (Sinopec), located in Jinan City, Shandong Province, has a crude oil processing capacity of 5 million tons per year. 4. Qilu Petrochemical (Sinopec), with a refining capacity of 13 million tons per year and an ethylene production capacity of 800,000 tons per year. 5. Sinopec Qingdao Petrochemical, processing capacity: 3.5 million tons per year of crude oil (high-acid crude oil).

The Dongjiakou port area of Qingdao Port is a partnership between Qingdao Port and Sinopec. It includes a 100,000-ton crude oil terminal in Phase 1, a 200,000-ton crude oil terminal in Phase 2, a 300,000-ton crude oil terminal in Phase 3, as well as a liquid chemicals terminal. The 300,000-ton terminal is used for the import and unloading of crude oil from regions such as Africa and the Middle East, while the 100,000-ton terminal is used for the import of fuel oil as well as the transfer of crude oil and fuel oil. The designed annual capacity for unloading crude oil is 18 million tons

The first phase of the crude oil storage tank facilities at the Dongjiakou Port area consists of 8 floating roof oil tanks with a capacity of 50,000 cubic meters each, giving a total storage capacity of 400,000 cubic meters. The oils stored here include crude oil and fuel oil, with an annual handling volume of 2.4 million tons. Oil is supplied to these tanks through 2 DN700 pipelines and 2 DN1000 pipelines, while it is exported from them via trucks (2 million tons per year) and from the port (400,000 tons per year). The second phase includes 4 external floating roof crude oil storage tanks with a capacity of 100,000 cubic meters each, and 4 such tanks with a capacity of 50,000 cubic meters each; the total storage capacity is 600,000 cubic meters. The designed turnover volume is 3.6 million tons per year. This facility is primarily used to receive low-viscosity crude oil from Africa, as well as crude oil from the Middle East and other regions, and it can also handle high-viscosity crude oil ； Fuel oil mainly comes from the Middle East. Qingdao Haiye Mokorui Oil Terminal Co., Ltd. has already completed and put into operation one 70,000-ton and one 100,000-ton general-purpose berth. It is currently constructing oil terminals with a capacity of 300,000 tons (with the option for 450,000 tons) as well as another 100,000-ton terminal. The designed annual handling capacity is 24 million tons per year, of which 13.5 million tons will be crude oil, 9 million tons fuel oil, and 1.5 million tons diesel. The first phase of storage facilities, comprising oil storage tanks with a total capacity of 2.46 million cubic meters, has already been put into use.

Storage capacity at the Dongjiakou port area: 1. The oil delivery warehouse at Dongjiakou Port has been put into operation; it was constructed by Swiss company Mocore Energy and Qingdao Port, with Qingdao Yijia Haiye Trade contributing to its development, and it can store 3.6 million cubic meters of oil. 2. Dongjiakou commercial crude oil reserve: storage capacity of 1.6 million cubic meters (16 crude oil storage tanks, each with a capacity of 100,000 cubic meters). Oil pipelines: 1. The Dongjiakou Port – Weifang – Central and Northern Shandong crude oil pipeline (Dongwei crude oil pipeline), which starts from the Haiye Mokorui oil storage area in the Dongjiakou Port area of Qingdao Port and ends at the Binhai terminal in Binhai New Area, Weifang City. The total length of this pipeline is 485 kilometers, with a transport capacity of 30 million tons per year. Among them, the pipeline section from Weifang Binhai Oil Depot to Guangrao Oil Depot is laid as a double-line system, while the section from Guangrao Oil Depot to Boxing Jingbo Oil Depot is laid as a single-line system; this is complemented by the Yangzi Binhai Oil Depot (a transfer depot with a capacity of 1 million cubic meters). Note: It is mainly used to transport crude oil imported at Dongjiakou Port to the refineries owned by Sinochem along the route, including Changyi Petrochemical, as well as the refineries in Weifang, Dongying, Binzhou, and Zibo – namely Jingbo Petrochemical, Qirun Petrochemical, Shenchili Petrochemical, Kenli Petrochemical, Lijin Petrochemical, Huifeng Petrochemical, Jincheng Petrochemical, and Qingyuan Group. The second-phase project (under construction) starts at the Binhai Oil Depot in Weifang’s Binhai Development Zone and ends at the Jingbo Oil Depot in Boxing County, Binzhou City; it passes through Weifang Binhai Development Zone, Shouguang City, Guangrao County in Dongying, and Boxing County in Binzhou. The total length of the pipeline is approximately 116.9 km, with a designed transport capacity of 30 million tons per year. Phase 3 of the project connecting Weifang to Kenli is under planning. 2. The Dongjiakou-Qilu-Dongying crude oil pipeline (Qingdao Port Group) starts at Dongjiakou Port, passes by the Sinochem Hongrun crude oil storage facility in Weifang along the way, and ends at Qilu Petrochemical and Dongying oil transfer stations. The total length of this pipeline is 364 kilometers, with a transport capacity of 15 million tons per year. 3. The Dongjiakou-Yishui-Zibo oil transfer pipeline has a designed transport capacity of 20 million tons per year. 4. The Zibo-Dongjiakou refined oil pipeline starts at the Zhengben Oil Depot in Zibo, passes through cities such as Zibo, Weifang, Linyi, and Rizhao, and ends at the oil depot in the Dongjiakou port area. The total length of the pipeline is 310 kilometers, with an annual transportation capacity of 4 million tons for gasoline and 5 million tons for diesel. It is primarily used to transport refined oil from local refining enterprises in Zibo and its surrounding areas to Dongjiakou Port for further shipment.