An overview of China’s largest oil storage island

Aoshan Island, located to the south of Zhoushan Islands, east China’s Zhejiang province, is China's largest oil storage facility.

A bird's eye view of Aoshan Island [Photo: weixin.qq.com]

Occupying only 5.4 square kilometers, Aoshan is one of the most important energy facilities on the eastern coast.

It has been serving as a petro-chemical storage logistics platform for 27 years, and can accommodate oil tankers carrying loads of up to 375,000 tonnes.

Aoshan Island before the oil storage base was built [File Photo: weixin.qq.com]

The construction of the oil storage facility was started on December 31, 1989. [Photo: weixin.qq.com]

Construction was completed on February 11, 1993. [Photo: weixin.qq.com]

The Sinochem Group project was launched on June 21, 2001. [Photo: weixin.qq.com]

Xi Jinping, the then secretary of Zhejiang provincial Party Committee, visited the base on December 26, 2005. [Photo: weixin.qq.com]

As Chinese President, Xi Jinping visited the base again on May 25, 2015. [Photo: weixin.qq.com]

The port is always busy with oil tankers loading and unloading. [Photo: weixin.qq.com]

A night view of the oil storage facility on Aoshan Island. [Photo: weixin.qq.com]