The oil terminal project of Port of Qinhuangdao was constructed in 1972 and put into operation the next year. Originally aimed at serving Daqing Oil Field, it is the first dedicated crude oil terminal in China adopting pipeline transportation and equipped with advanced oil transport facilities.

The annual designed capacity of the oil terminal is 15.4 million tons, consisting of four berths, two 20,000dwt, one 50,000dwt and the other one is 3000dwt for finished oil products，enabling the terminal to handle liquid bulk cargo vessels from 2000t to 60000t. In recent years, six oil tanks each with a capacity of 20000 cubic meters and three 50000 cubic meters tanks have been built successively to enhance the port functions, widen business channels and enlarge the storage capacity. The terminal is equipped with 27 oil tanks with a total capacity of 281000 cubic meters, 10 berths finished oil handling platforms for vehicles and 64 berths for trains. Furthermore, the oil pipelines are reconstructed.

Recently, berths for finished oil product with auxiliary facilities like oil tank, pipeline, railroad and road unloading platforms, etc. have been part of the new appearance of Port of Qinhuangdao. New businesses explored successively, crude oil resources from Daqing Oil Fields won over, ocean oil transportation stabilized, the oil and ethanol in the east of Hebei Province successfully exploited, andthe project of Dalian Fuel Oil developed, the oil terminal has started to boom. The oil terminal of Port of Qinhuangdao has developed from the simplex crude oil handling terminal into a comprehensive oil terminal dealing with various oil products through years of infrastructure construction.