Qatargas has delivered a cargo of liquified natural gas to the Tianjin LNG receiving terminal in China, using a Q-Max vessel – the world’s largest type of LNG carrier. The Tianjin LNG Receiving Terminal is owned and operated by China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation ( Sinopec ). It has a capacity of 6 million metric tonnes per year, and is currently being expanded to handle up to 10.8 MMtpy by 2022. The terminal received its first LNG cargo in February 2018, and to date has received more than 200 LNG cargoes.