On April 13, the BEIDOU STAR, carrying 78,000 mt of LNG, arrived at the Huizhou LNG Receiving Terminal and completed its unloading. This milestone marks the official commencement of the long-term international LNG cooperation agreement between Guangdong Energy Group (GEG) and ExxonMobil Asia Pacific LNG Co., Ltd. Chen Yuhang, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Huizhou Municipal Committee and Mayor of Huizhou, Wen Lianhe, General Manager of Guangdong Energy Group Co., Ltd., and Andrew Barry, President of ExxonMobil Global LNG Marketing, attended the first-shipment unloading ceremony.

Prior to the ceremony Chen Yuhang had a meeting with Andrew Barry on strengthening cooperation. According to Chen Yuhang, Huizhou will resolutely implement the spirit of the General Secretary Xi Jinping's series of important speeches and important instructions to Guangdong, conscientiously implement the specific deployment of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee,  promote high-level opening up unswervingly, accelerate the construction of a green and low-carbon industrial system, and strive to build a new growth pole for Guangdong's high-quality development. The first-shipment unloading ceremony is an important achievement in the development of Huizhou's natural gas industry, and will inject new impetus into Huizhou's construction of a clean energy center in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. He expressed his hope that ExxonMobil will continue to support the development of Huizhou, continue to increase investment in Huizhou, and continue to create a new situation of mutual benefit and win-win results. At the same time Huizhou will increase its efforts in building a pro-business environment, strengthen cooperation with ExxonMobil and offer greater support to enterprises. 

Andrew Barry expressed his gratitude to Huizhou municipal government for its great support, introduced the latest development of ExxonMobil’s global LNG business and was confident about the bright future of deepened cooperation of two sides.

Li Bingsheng, Wu Xin and other leaders from Huizhou municipal government also attended the event.

Reported by YUAN Chang