242 Land, Public Works and Utilities
Natural gas is imported from the Yacheng 13-1 gas field off Hainan Island in southern China via a 780-kilometre submarine pipeline to the Black Point and Castle Peak Power Stations for electricity generation. In 2006, the newly built liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Shenzhen started to supply natural gas through a 93-kilometre submarine pipeline to Lamma Power Station for electricity generation. The same LNG terminal also supplies natural gas through a 34-kilometre twin submarine pipeline to Tai Po plant for production of towngas.
The Gas Safety Ordinance regulates the importation, manufacture, storage, transport, supply and use of fuel gas. All gas supply companies, gas installers and contractors must be registered with the Gas Authority who is the Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services. At year-end, there were nine registered gas supply companies, 3 707 registered gas installers and 452 registered gas contractors.
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