A senior official for CPC, Taiwan’s state-run energy firm, said on Tuesday that it could start building its third LNG import terminal by the middle of this year once it obtains all the necessary permits. Jane Liao, chief executive of CPC’s LNG business, said the proposed terminal at Taoyuan, in northwestern Taiwan, could start operations in early 2023 with an initial capacity of 1 million tonnes per annum (mtpa). She made her comments on the sidelines of the CERAWeek conference in Houston, according to a Reuters report. Liao said that…