PipeChina halts construction at Beihai LNG terminal after fire kills 5


BEIJING/SINGAPORE, Nov 3 (Reuters): PipeChina has suspended construction work at the second phase of its Beihai liquefied natural gas terminal in southern China following a fire that killed five, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

A fire occurred on Monday during pipeline construction near the No 2 storage tank at the terminal's second phase, which is designed to regasify 3 million tonnes of LNG a year and was scheduled to complete construction by June 2020.

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