To protect the environment,the environmental protection departments have required vapor recovery facilities to be installed when the crude oil terminals are loaded in recent years.Because vapor recovery in domestic crude oil terminal starts late,this paper systematically studies the vapor recovery of crude oil terminal shipment.Through the investigation and analysis of the domestic built vapor recovery projects of crude oil terminal shipment,we conclude that the vapor of crude oil shipment has the characteristics of large flow,more light hydrocarbon,high vapor concentration,complex composition and high sulfur content.The differences among foreign,domestic and local implementation standards,the thermal damage method is required which is different from the traditional process to meet the higher emission standards of the milligram level.