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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2014
ARA tank storage:

more pain to come?
Changes in the global market are
impacting profitability for tank terminal
operators
On the up
Storage capacity in Australia is increasing
in the wake of refinery closures
Expansion in the
Far East
Topsafe discusses its growth plans in China
REGIONAL FOCUS: ASIA
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Asia takes the lead

Margaret Dunn
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Its a busy time for storage operators in southeast

Asia. Weve just heard that the long awaited
underground rock caverns in Singapore have
officially opened. Eight years after construction
started, the facility will now create an additional
1.47 million m3 of storage capacity in an attempt
to overcome the countrys land constraints.
In another major development, Malaysia has
also now opened its biggest storage facility
yet, a $600 million (460 million) terminal in
Pengerang, boosting southern Malaysias
capacity by 70% to more than 3 million m3.
But it doesnt end there. By 2015 storage
capacity in the greater Singapore region
is expected to reach 23 million m3, giving
the region the title of the worlds largest
oil-trading hub by surpassing the ARAs
capacity of around 21 million m3.
With so much happening its easy to see why
the Tank Storage Asia conference is growing

so fast. This year the event has moved to the
new, larger venue of the Marina Bay Sands
and its expected to be the busiest yet.
One of the few good things about the
summer drawing to a close is that it also signifies
the start of the conference season and its set to
be a busy one for the TSM team. As well as Tank
Storage Asia, this issue will also be distributed
at Tank Storage Association in the UK, EPCA in
Vienna, NISTM in Texas and API in Las Vegas.
So if you see us at any of these,
make sure you say hello!
We hope you enjoy the issue.
Best wishes,
Margaret
Another first for southeast Asia: the Jurong Rock Caverns have now opened
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Terminal news
21 New French terminal

enables international trade
22 Technical news
26 Incident report
41 Tank terminal update: Asia
59 The business of bulk liquids:
TSA preview
108 Events listing

Ad index
features
Topsafe in Chin
28 ARA tank storage markets:
more pain to come?
33 Slight slowdown but overall

positivity
37 Third party terminal market

enters new expansion phase
45 Australia ups storage
capacity in the wake of
refinery closures
31
Topsafe to expand
in China
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Storage in
Singapore: Tank
Storage Asia
preview
features
55 Shift work and fatigue: keeping it
simple
69 Fuel terminal asset protection
71 High thermal radiation from large
ethanol fires
75 What you dont know about tank
farm static and lightning could
make your hair stand on end
83 Tank heating: a new way of
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87 Why use a floating roof critical zone
survey?
90 Improving confidence in tank
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93 In pursuit of great ground

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Fighting fire
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The voice of the storage terminal industry
Volume No.10 Issue No. 5
ARA tank storage:

more pain to come?
Changes in the global market are
impacting protability for tank terminal
operators
On the up
Storage capacity in Australia is increasing
in the wake of renery closures
Expansion in the
Far East
Topsafe discusses its growth plans in China
REGIONAL FOCUS: ASIA
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Noord Natie Terminals has plans for expansion

Antwerp-based Noord Natie Terminals is
to build an additional 90,000m storage
capacity at a location adjacent to
its existing terminal. This will bring the
sites total capacity to 440,000m.
At the same time the company
will expand its loading facilities to
cater for the increased number of
trucks and rail car handlings.
The existing range of mild and stainless
steel tanks for dangerous and nondangerous products will be expanded
with four new tank pits. The 500m of extra
quay length will also be dredged to 14m.
The tanks will range from 1,300
to 5,000m, all with dedicated
product and vapour lines.
If specific requirements are needed,
these can be added to the basic
layout. The first phase can be ready
by early 2016 and the next phases will
be planned depending on demand.
The total capacity has increased
over the last five years by 110,000m.
Surrounded on three sides by
water, the facility has a dedicated
dock for barges and has ample space
for the simultaneous handling of up
PTT Tank
Terminals to
invest in new
capacity and
increased
shipments
Thailand-based terminal operator
PTT Tank Terminals is to spend
1.28 million baht (2.96 million) on
increasing capacity and handling
shipments of liquid petroleum gas
(LPG) up to 1 million tonnes a year.
PTT currently has only one LPG
terminal on Thailands eastern
seaboard, though it reportedly
has five projects currently under
development which will double
its capacity to 120,000 tonnes a
year due for completion in 2015.
The companys revenues
reached 230 million baht in
2013. Reports say it took in
165 million baht in the first half
of this year, beating initial
estimates of 130 million.
Noord Natie Terminals is able to expand its capacity with an additional 90,000 m3
to nine vessels. Direct transshipments
are offered as an important part of
the service next to lay by berths.
Single rail car loading is increasing
in importance, and the shunting of
rail cars to and from the terminal has
been made more flexible in order to
increase the handling capacity.
The level of tank truck/container
and flexi bag loading varies from day
to day. The company has the ability to

increase capacity to cater for changing
demand, as well as creating a second
entrance with a logistics area.
Noord Natie Terminals focuses mainly
on bulk storage but additional activities
such as blending, drumming, packaging,
storage of packed liquids and storage of
tank containers are an important part of
the total package of services offered.
Summit Midstream subsidiaries

reach North Dakota crude pipeline
agreements
Epping Transco, a newly-formed
subsidiary of Summit Midstream Partners,
has reached an agreement with North
Dakota Pipeline Company, an affiliate
of Enbridge Energy Partners, on a new
crude oil interconnect agreement.
The company will interconnect
with and deliver crude oil gathered
on fellow subsidiary Meadowlarks
Polar and Divide systems into
Enbridges North Dakota System
(the Little Muddy Interconnect).
The Little Muddy Interconnect will
provide customers on the Polar and
Divide systems with increased optionality
in accessing downstream markets
with up to 55,000 bpd of incremental
pipeline throughput capacity.
In connection with the Little Muddy
Interconnect and the Basin Transload
interconnect announced in June 2014,
Meadowlark will expand its Epping crude
oil storage facility and Divide crude oil
storage facility, to offer additional crude
oil storage services to its customers.

Epping Storage will receive crude oil
from the Polar and Divide systems and
will also include a truck unloading rack.
Divide Storage will receive crude oil from
the Divide System and will also include a
multi-bay truck unloading rack. Epping
Storage and Divide Storage will each
have 75,000 barrels of crude oil storage
capacity, initially, and both facilities
will have the ability to accommodate
additional crude oil storage tanks
for future potential expansions.
Both facilities are expected to be
in service in the third quarter of 2015.
Customers of Epping Storage will
have the option to access the COLT
Hub rail terminal or Enbridges North
Dakota Pipeline System. Customers
of Divide Storage will have the option
to access the COLT Hub rail terminal,
Basin Transloads Columbus rail
terminal, or Enbridges North Dakota
System (through Epping Storage).
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Port of Rotterdam reports 0.6% throughput rise in H1 2014

The Port of Rotterdam has
reported steady results in
the first half of the year. Total
throughput increased by
0.6% compared to the first
half of 2013. The throughput
of crude oil increased by
3.3% while that of mineral
oil products decreased by
13.5%. The throughput of
coal grew by 9.5%, while
ore throughput stayed
virtually the same. Container
throughput, measured in
tonnes, increased by 2.7% or
1.9% when measured in TEUs.
Throughput saw a small
decrease of 0.2% in the first
quarter, but was slightly
positive in the second quarter,
causing throughput in the first
half of the year to increase
by 0.6%. A further recovery
of the European economy
is expected for the second
half of the year, so that the
port is on track in terms of
achieving approximately
1% growth for all of 2014.
In the category of liquid
bulk, the throughput of crude
oil has increased by 3.3%.
The margins, and therefore
the utilisation rates of the
refineries, are still low due to
the persistent low demand for
refinery products in Europe and
the increasing competition
from refineries outside Europe,
in part due to the availability
of cheap shale gas in the US.
During the same period
last year throughput was even
lower, however, because
various refineries supplied from
Rotterdam at the time were
partially decommissioned
due to maintenance.
The throughput of mineral
oil products declined by 13.5%.
The decline primarily concerns
the outgoing throughput of
products such as heating oil,
naphtha and petrol. Other
liquid bulk, which primarily
consists of raw materials
for the chemical industry,
declined by 11%. Both the
chemical industry and the
refining sector are in a difficult
position: energy and raw

materials are cheaper
elsewhere in the world.
The throughput of LNG
increased primarily
due to the increase in
the re-export of LNG
that is first discharged
in Rotterdam.
The throughput of
iron ore and scrap is
stable: the European
steel sector has not
yet fully recovered
and is running at 80%
capacity. The supply
of coal increased
by 9.5% due to the
consolidation of import
flows by industrial users
in the hinterland. By
contrast, the demand
for thermal coal
remained limited due
to the extremely mild
winter. In terms of dry
bulk goods, agricultural
bulk is the largest riser in
relative terms at 37.3%.
Considerably more
corn was imported from
Ukraine via Rotterdam,
as well as soya from
South America, among
other products. At
the same time, there
was an increase in
the export of wheat.
The other dry bulk
Crude oil throughput has increased by 3.3% at the port, even in the
goods, which among
face of low demand for refinery products in Europe
other things consist of
construction materials,
raw materials for industry and
from South America. The
transport between Rotterdam
biomass, increased by 11.9%.
feeder volume lagged the
and the Baltic Sea states and
Container throughput
feeder volume in the first half
Russia, and transport between
increased by 2.7% in weight or
of 2013 (-3.8% in tonnes, -4.7%
Rotterdam and the UK and
1.9% in terms of TEUs (standard
TEUs) because a number
Ireland. There was an increase
measure for containers). This
of cargo packages were
in the throughput of other
growth especially persisted
relocated to Hamburg at the
general goods by 28.5% due to
from March onwards, with
end of June 2013. However,
the increase in the demand for
an average monthly growth
the feeder volume once again
steel products and an increase
of 4.5% in comparison to the
increased positively from the
in project cargo, particularly
same period in 2013. Deep
beginning of this year, not
for the offshore industry.
sea cargo increased by 3.2%
only from and to countries
The number of ocean(in tonnes and TEUs) due to
surrounding the Baltic Sea,
going vessels that visited the
an increase in volumes along
but also from and to the UK as
port in the first half of this
the east-west routes, including
well. The throughput of short
year declined by 1.5% to
Asia to Rotterdam as well as
sea containers grew by 6.1%
14,417. This is primarily due
North America to Rotterdam,
in tonnes and 2.6% in TEUs. The
to the increase in scale of
and in the supply of containers
growth primarily represents the
the container sector.
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terminal news
LBC Antwerp adds extra

storage to meet ECA
sulphur oxide regulations
LBC Tank Terminals Antwerp terminal has
added extra storage capacity allowing bunker
companies to meet new sulphur oxide limitations
set to be introduced on 1 January 2015.
An additional 35,000m3 capacity for
storage of distillates and heavy fuel oil
will be provided at the terminal.
Emission Control Areas (ECAs) are sea areas in which
stricter controls have been established to minimise
airborne emissions (SOx, NOx, ODS, VOC) from ships
as defined by Annex VI of the 1997 MARPOL Protocol,
which originally came into effect in May 2005, and which
are set to implement new regulations as a part of a
phased approach over the coming years, with the next
phase due for implementation at the beginning of 2015.
The new capacity comprises of six mild steel
tanks ranging in size between 5,000 and 6,000m3.
Significantly, this ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and
CDI-T accredited terminal will leverage the sites existing
comprehensive infrastructure, which caters for the
transportation of products by water, road and rail.
All the tanks benefit from dedicated product
lines connected to a 568m quay that is capable
of serving two sea-going vessels and two barges
simultaneously, on a 24/7 basis. With an average
occupancy below 20%, the barge jetty allocated to
bunkers is placed to allow effective bunker operations
with the added benefit of optional blending and/
or product treatments, should these be required. The
terminal also benefits from two site-based surveying
companies and an in-house customs service.
Equally, LBC Antwerp is permitted to receive
slops and wastewaters to maximise barge
availabilities and reduce cost of operations.
Buckeye Partners to
sell interests in Lodi
Gas Storage
Buckeye Partners has signed a purchase and sale
agreement to sell all of the outstanding limited
liability company interests in Lodi Gas Storage
to Brookfield Infrastructure and its institutional
partners for $105 million (78.3 million).
Lodi owns a natural gas storage facility in northern
California, US. The transaction is expected to close in the
fourth quarter of 2014 or the first quarter of 2015, subject
to approval by the California Public Utilities Commission
and customary and other closing conditions.
Deutsche Bank Securities acted as the
exclusive financial advisor to Buckeye in
connection with the transaction.
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terminal news
Manila Harbour bulk

facility facing delays amid
oil depot negotiations
Construction work on a bulk handling facility at the
Manila South Harbour in the Philippines is facing
delays due to oil companies reportedly refusing
to move out of the Pandacan oil depot.
Petron, Pilipinas Shell and Chevron Philippines operate
storage tanks in the depot, which serves 70% of the
Philippines shipping industrys fuel requirements and 75%
of the countrys aviation fuel needs as well as supplying
1,800 fuel stations in Metro Manila and other provinces.
Manila City government has ordered the
Pandacan depot to be shut down by 2016 amid
security and environmental concerns. The site has
been reclassified as a commercial zone.
While Petron has reportedly agreed to move its
operations elsewhere by the end of 2015, the other
two companies are believed to have stated that they
will continue to operate at the Pandacan depot.
It is understood that lease rates are currently
being negotiated between the companies and
the state-run Philippine Ports Authority (PPA).
The PPA is quoted as saying it would reclaim 100
hectares within the port zone delineation (PZD) of the Port
of Manila for the construction of a bulk terminal facility,
which will reportedly cost P22 billion (378.3 million).
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Vitol JV acquires Total Swiss

storage and distribution assets
Varo Energy, a joint venture between Vitol and Carlyle
Group, has acquired storage assets and Totals
Swiss heating oil and diesel business units.
The acquisition is in line with the JVs plans to become a
major midstream energy company covering northwest Europe by
extending its activities to deliver products directly to Swiss customers.
The purchased assets include tank storage facilities in Eclpens,
near Lausanne, and Totals entire end customer distribution and
sales network for domestic heating oil and diesel in Switzerland.
These assets complement Varo Energys current network of
refining, storage and distribution facilities in northwestern Europe,
which include its wholly owned refinery in nearby Cressier,
Neuchtel. The acquisition is scheduled for completion later this
year. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Adding business units which will allow us to distribute
our products directly to the end consumer is an important
milestone for Varo Energys growth and development.
We now have the capability of serving customers with
the same quality products coming straight from our
refineries, says Andreas Fltsch, MD of Varo Energy.
In addition to the Cressier refinery, Varo Energys assets also
include a 45% share of the Bayernoil refinery in Germany, all
Petrotank storage facilities throughout Germany, additional
storage facilities in Switzerland, and further downstream assets
in Germany. The business serves clients in Northern Germany,
Bavaria and along the Rhine, as well as throughout Switzerland.
terminal news
Greenergy completes phase one of Petroplus refinery

conversion
Greenergy, the UKs leading
supplier of road fuel, has
completed the first significant
milestone in the regeneration
of the former Petroplus
refinery on Teesside, UK.
The top tier COMAH facility,
now called Greenergy North
Tees, has been upgraded to
include petrol storage as well
as the associated safety and
environmental equipment
such as vapour recovery units.
New pipeline links
have been created to an
adjacent terminal where
Greenergy stores and
distributes petrol and diesel.
By linking these two
facilities the company creates
a flexible and integrated
supply system for petrol and
diesel in the North East of
the UK. The existing, modern
petrol blending facilities at
the adjacent terminal allow
Greenergy to make blend
margins on the petrol it supplies
from the area, while North
Tees, with its deep water jetty,
can receive low cost imported
diesel on large ships. By linking
these facilities together it is
able to extend the cost and
operating efficiencies of
each site to both locations.

A new petrol rail loading
facility has also been installed
so that petrol can be
transported from the region
by train to other UK locations
for the first time. The first train
loaded at Greenergy North
Tees on 11 August. The rail
loading facility can load 2
million litres of fuel onto a
train in 12 hours enough
fuel to fill 52 road tankers.
Greenergy has reintroduced biodiesel blending
and has created segregated
storage and distribution for
ultra low sulphur gasoil, to
give greater operational
flexibility and improved loading
speeds for customers.
IT has been upgraded
to include a new safety and
control system protecting
against tank overfills. IT
controls for the rail and
road loading facility have
also been modernised.
The former refinery was
closed by previous owner
Petroplus in 2010 and used as a
diesel terminal. It was acquired
by Greenergy from Petroplus
administrators in July 2012 and
re-opened as Greenergy North
Greenergy North Tees now features a petrol rail loading facility

Tees in November that year.
Andrew Owens, Greenergy
CEO, says: With the number
of UK refineries falling from 19
in 1975 to just seven today, the
UK relies on import terminals
for an increasing proportion
of its fuel. The regeneration of
the North Tees facility ensures
greater fuel resilience in the
North East and beyond.
This is a major site with the
potential to provide backup supply to other locations
such as Scotland if required.
European and UK refiners
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US chemical agency
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West Virginia chemical spill
Investigators looking into the West Virginia MCHM spill

that occurred in January this year have concluded
that the lack of a rigorous inspection programme
at Freedom Industries, the owner of the storage
site, is at least partly to blame for the leak.
The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB), an independent
federal agency tasked with investigating serious chemical
incidents, reportedly found no record of a formal, industryapproved inspection performed on any of the companys
storage tanks prior to the incident on 9 January which
left up to 300,000 people temporarily without water.
Two small corrosion holes in the bottom of a 48,000-gallon
tank were concluded to have been responsible for the
leak, according to the CSB. The agency also reported
that several other tanks on the same site showed similar
damage, which may have occurred through water leaking
through the tank roof and settling on the tank floor.
Freedom Industries has reached a multimillion dollar
out-of-court settlement with attorneys representing
those affected by the incident, while the facility
itself is in the process of being dismantled.
US storage operator agrees

on EPA fine for safety
violations
Rancho LPG Holdings, the
operator of a butane storage
site in Los Angeles, has agreed
to pay a $260,000 (193,990)
fine for lapses in safety and
inspections, according
to the US Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA).
The 40-year-old facility
in San Pedro consists of two
liquid petroleum storage tanks
that can hold up to 25 million
gallons of products. Rancho
has reportedly entered into
a consent agreement with
the EPA following citations for
four violations related to risk
management requirements.
According to a report by
the Los Angeles Times, the EPA,
which began its investigation
in April 2010, found that
the company did not have
complete safety information
to evaluate potential
seismic stresses, and had

not analysed potential water
supply loss for firefighters in
the event of an earthquake.
Rancho LPG also failed
to properly inspect and test
equipment that included
a storage tank and a drain
system used to contain
accidental releases of
butane and propane.
In accordance with the
consent agreement, Rancho
LPG has reportedly corrected
the violations and made
modifications to bring the
site into compliance with
federal environmental laws.
Situated near to schools,
homes and other businesses,
the facility has been a
source of contention in the
area for many years due to
what residents deem to be
unsafe infrastructure.
Enterprise secures long-term contract for ethane-related

services on Houston Ship Channel
Enterprise Products has executed
an additional long-term contract to
provide ethane storage, transportation,
refrigeration and loading services
from its new ethane export terminal
that is currently under construction
on the Houston Ship Channel.
With this new agreement, Enterprise

now has long-term commitments
for approximately 85% of the
capacity of the ethane terminal.
This key addition to our customer base
brings a significant increase in long-term
capacity commitments, further supporting
development of the worlds largest

ethane export terminal, says AJ Teague,
COO of Enterprises general partner.
As a result of this agreement, we have
commenced evaluation of expansion
options at the new ethane terminal. The
seamless integration of the new terminal
with our existing natural gas
liquids complex at Mont Belvieu
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Idemitsu set to expand storage in

Singapore
Japans third-largest refiner Idemitsu
Kosan, hopes to lease its fuelstorage tanks in Singapore as it
expands its trading business.
The Tokyo-based refiner intends
on using the storage tanks to blend
and supply petrol to Australia
and neighbouring countries.
Traders and refiners lease or own
facilities in Singapore to import, mix
and trade products including diesel,
jet fuel and ship bunker. The citystate has about 70 million barrels of
commercial storage capacity, reports
Alex Yap, a Singapore-based analyst
at FGE, an energy consultant.

Japans demand for petrol is
expected to considerably drop in
coming years, Kiyoshi Homma, the
general manager of the integrated
supply and trading department,
says. There will be more oil products
overflowing from the US and
Middle East into Asia, the worlds
stomach for oil, where supplies
can be always absorbed.
Idemitsu and its partners are currently
developing a $9 billion (6.8 billion)
refinery project in Vietnam, which is
scheduled to begin operations in 2017.
Ceiba and Astra announce new

agreement
Ceiba Energy Services, a provider
of services to the energy sector, has
signed a new agreement with Astra
Energy Canada, an international
physical energy trading organisation.
In December 2011 the two
companies entered into three
agreements regarding storage, facilities
and marketing, which allowed for Ceiba
to build or acquire additional storage,
terminaling, processing and blending
facilities in various locations in the
Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
The new Astra agreements, finalised
on 9 July simplify Ceibas relationship
with Astra, eliminate the administration
required for the previous agreements
and provide greater flexibility for
Ceiba to execute its growth strategy of
developing waste processing facilities.

The new agreements mean
those former storage, facilities and
marketing agreements have been
terminated, with both parties
released from future obligations.
Under the new agreements, Astra
remains Ceibas exclusive crude oil
marketer for its current and future
treatment and disposal facilities. The
marketing arrangement terminates
next April and will automatically renew
for 90 day periods unless terminated.
Ceiba will continue to operate its
terminal and storage facility at Kinsella
and Astra will continue to market all
oil processed through the facility.
Ceiba and Astra will share operating
income from Kinsella equally.
Ghana oil companies call for Buipe

depot to be reactivated immediately
Oil marketing companies in Ghanas
Northern Region are calling for the
Buipe petroleum storage depot
to be reactivated immediately
following a business downturn.
The depot was temporarily
shut down in November 2013 for
maintenance. At the time it was
serving a large part of the Northern
Region and parts of the Brong
Ahafo Region. The facility has a
capacity of 50 million litres 37
million of which are dedicated to
diesel and 13 million to petroleum.
According to local news reports,

there was a daily demand for
800,000 litres of petrol and 700,000
litres of diesel when the depot was
in full operation with a maximum of
50 tankers in use on a daily basis.
The shutdown has reportedly
been affecting business in the
area, with costs increasing for
petroleum transport between
Tema and the north.
Fred Ayarkwa, MD of the facility,
anticipates that Buipe will resume
operations later this year.
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Odfjell sells
stake in Vopaks
Ningbo Terminal
Odfjell has sold its 12.5% holding
in Vopak Terminal Ningbo, China,
for $3.2 million (2.3 million).
The terminal in Ningbo was
Odfjells first terminal venture in
Asia. Vopak Terminal Ningbo has
been considered a non-strategic
asset and has been held by
Odfjell SE, outside of the terminal
structure in Odfjell Terminals AS.
Novorossiysk port
to be divided in
Summa/Transneft
deal
The assets of OJSC Novorossiysk
Commercial Sea Port (NCSP) in
Russia are to be divided following
Summa Group and Transnefts plans
to close a deal later this year.
It has been reported
that Summa will buy out
Transnefts shares within the
deal to become the owner
of more than 60% of NCSP.
Transneft will acquire the ports
oil loading facilities, including
LLC Primork Oil Terminal and the
Novorossiysk oil area of Sheskharis.
Libya regains
control of two
oil terminals
following clashes
Libya reportedly took back
control of two terminals in July
that had been blocked by
militants.
The 200,000 bpd Ras Lanuf
oil terminal and the 350,000
bpd al-Sidra terminal were both
re-opened following an oil crisis
in the country that has lasted
for months, with the country
witnessing clashes between militia
groups and the government.
Libyan interim Prime Minister
Abdullah al-Thani gave the news
during a joint press conference
in Ras Lanuf with militant leader
Ibrahim Jodhran.
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terminal news
Pioneer Terminal in North

Dakota set for oil storage
expansion
Dakota Plains Holdings has approved the expansion of
oil storage at its Pioneer Terminal in New Town, North
Dakota, US. Construction of a third 90,000 barrel storage
tank is set to immediately commence; regulatory permits
and engineering design are complete and Dakota Plains
expects the storage tank to be operational by summer 2015.
The Pioneer Terminal is located in the heart of the
Bakken and Three Forks formations and currently has
sustainable throughput capacity of 45,000 barrels of oil
per day with onsite oil storage of 180,000 barrels. The
addition of a third storage tank, recently announced
Hiland Partners gathering pipeline, and anticipated
expanded rail service will facilitate increasing the
sustainable throughput rate to a unit train per day
equivalent to 80,000 barrels of oil per day.
Craig M. McKenzie, chairman and CEO of
Dakota Plains, says: Construction of the new
storage tank is estimated to cost $5.5 million (4.1
million) gross or $2.75 million net to Dakota Plains
for its 50% share; the project is expected to be
funded through cash from operations and debt.
Our goal is ultimately to expand the Pioneer Terminal
capacity beyond 80,000 barrels per day commensurate
with oil developments near the Pioneer Terminal,
complemented by the Hiland Partners pipeline that
will be able to gather oil from across the basin.
Capacity at the port of Ust-Luga will reach 180 million tonnes by 2018
Gunvor Group to begin petrol

exports from Ust-Luga terminal
Global commodity trader Gunvor
Group is to begin exporting petrol
this month from its oil terminal
in the port of Ust-Luga, Russia.
Around 80,000 tonnes in total
will initially be exported from
the 420,000 bpd Kirishi refinery
operated by Surgutneftegaz.
It is not clear why the refinery
has switched its export operations
to the port of Ust-Luga they
previously went through the port
of Riga and Surgutneftegaz

has declined to comment.
The volume of oil product
exports at the terminal for
the period January to June
2014 increased to 11.5 million
tonnes, 1.5 times more than
for the same period in 2013.
Oil product exports at
the terminal will reach a
total of 21.4 million tonnes
by the end of the year.
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MultiCorp and partners

secure 1m-barrel jet fuel
storage unit
MultiCorp International, in a partnership with Ireland-based
New World Fuels and UK-based Principle Risk Solutions,
has secured a petroleum storage unit capable of holding
1,000,000 barrels of jet fuel in a major shipping port wherein
the company now has full control of the storage and
sales of jet fuel and crude products with full security.
Through the hard work with our business associates
at New World Fuels and Principle Risk Solutions, we have
secured a petroleum tank storage facility of 1 million barrel
capacity that will be used by the company to control their
sales for both current and future contracts for jet fuel orders
from major companies throughout the world. Through PRS
and NWF were able to completely allow safe transfer of
the product at the loading port thereby giving our current
clients and potential buyers comfort in knowing all safety
measures have been taken to ensure their transactions are
smooth and secure, says Paul Lisenby, CEO of MultiCorp.
Jason Bailyes of Principal Risk Solutions, states, The
combination of our partnership ensures we can facilitate
transactions in a secure environment. Our fundamental
ability to provide accurate and timely situational security
awareness underpins any current or future trade. We are
delighted to be working closely with our partners and
being able to utilise our experience and proven skill set
within this dynamic and exciting marketplace.
Kinder Morgan merges oil,

gas and pipeline assets in
$70b deal
Kinder Morgan is bringing all of its publicly traded units, including
oil, gas and pipeline assets, under one roof in a $70 billion (52.6
billion) deal that reshapes the financial structure of the oil and gas
pipeline company.
The deal will create a company worth $140 billion including
debt that combines Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, Kinder
Morgan Inc. with Kinder Morgan Management and El Paso
Pipeline Partners.
Kinder Morgan is purchasing the outstanding shares of the
other three companies. Holders of KMP, KMR and EPB shares will
receive shares of Kinder Morgan Inc. as well as possibly cash in the
deal, which will consolidate the companies under KMI.
This combined entity will be the largest energy infrastructure
company in North America and the third largest energy company
overall, said CEO Richard Kinder in a statement.
The company expects the deal to close by the end of
the year.
KMI will consolidate the companies under a single
C-corporation, instead of the master limited partnership structure
that Kinder Morgan had previously used extensively.
MLPs grow through acquisition and pay no taxes because
nearly all profits are paid out to investors in the form of distributions.
Barclays and Citi were KMIs financial advisers while Barclays
will provide financing. KMIs legal advisers were Weil Gotshal &
Manges and Bracewell & Giuliani.
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terminal news
Edmonton Rail Terminal expansion project moves ahead

Kinder Morgan Energy
Partners has announced
that its 50-50 joint venture
with Imperial Oil has entered
into additional firm take or
pay agreements with strong,
credit-worthy oil company
majors sufficient to allow a
planned expansion project
to move forward by adding
incremental capacity of
110,000 bpd at the Edmonton
Rail Terminal, Canada.
The terminal is now almost
a year into construction. It
will increase its capacity at

start-up in the first quarter of
2015 to over 210,000 bpd and
potentially up to 250,000 bpd.
The terminal will be connected
via pipeline to Kinder Morgans
adjacent Edmonton storage
terminal and will be capable
of sourcing all crude streams
handled by Kinder Morgan
for delivery by rail to North
American markets and
refineries. The rail terminal
is being constructed and
will be operated by Kinder
Morgan, and will connect to

both Canadian National and
Canadian Pacific mainlines.
Including the addition of
the expanded capacity, KMPs
investment in the project
now totals approximately
$232 million (175.8 million).
The continued interest
in this facility, and additional
volume being contracted
for with this announcement,
further demonstrates how
important it is for our customers
to secure crude oil take away
capacity using a variety

of transportation options,
including both pipeline and
railway capacity to ensure
crude oil reaches market,
says Kinder Morgan Terminals
president John Schlosser.
The rail facility is being
built with state-of-theart technology and will
incorporate extensive safety
and environmental protection
features, and will be staffed
with trained personnel
around the clock.
Japan to treat Middle East crude storage as reserve

Some of the crude oil stored by Saudi
Arabia and the UAE in Japan is to be
treated as quasi-strategic reserves by the
country as a way to help to help Tokyo
meet its strategic reserve obligations,
according to a Reuters report.
Japan lends around 10.7 million
barrels of crude storage capacity to
the countries, though this is set to grow
to an estimated 12.6 million barrels

next fiscal year and could grow higher
following that, as part of a deal to
strengthen the Asian countrys ties to two
of the worlds major crude suppliers.
Reuters quotes a trade ministry
panel as saying it would seek to add
half of the crude tank capacity used by
the producers to the national strategic
reserves to meet a storage target of 90

days worth of oil under International
Energy Agency (IEA) obligations.
Japan will also delay its plans to boost
liquid petroleum gas (LPG) stockpiles to
1.5 million tonnes until sometime during
the financial year beginning April 2017.
This is to account for the expected
lower cost of US imports next year.
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CB&I wins multimillion-dollar

Oiltanking contract
CB&I has been awarded a
contract valued in excess
of $49 million (36.6 million)
by Oiltanking Beaumont.
The project scope
includes the engineering,
procurement, fabrication and
construction of 12 internal
floating-roof crude oil storage
tanks at Oiltankings terminal

in Beaumont, Texas, US.
We currently are finishing
crude oil storage tanks
for Oiltanking at another
project site in Houston, says
Luke Scorsone, president of
CB&Is Fabrication Services
operating group.
Murex and Cetane

Energy to double
operational capacity at
New Mexico facility
Murex and Cetane Energy
have agreed to capital
improvements at their Cetane
crude oil transloading terminal
in Carlsbad, New Mexico, that
will double the operational
capacity of the facility.
The existing unit train
crude oil transloading
terminal will begin
implementing improvements
immediately that will
allow for the loading of
40,000 barrels of crude oil
per day by July 2015.
Initially, Murex and
Cetane installed 40,000

barrels of crude oil storage,
12 tank truck offloading
stations and over 18,000 feet
of rail track to accommodate
unit train loading at the
facility. The facility shipped
its first unit train of crude
oil in December last year.
The capital improvements
project will include additional
on-site storage, further
rail track enhancements,
and increased capacity
for truck offloading and
rail car loading.
Zenith Energy to invest

millions in terminal assets
Zenith Energy, an
international liquids and
bulk terminaling company,
has announced that an
affiliate of Warburg Pincus,
a global private equity
firm focused on growth
investing, has agreed
to lead a line-of-equity
investment of up to $600
million (454.6 million) in the
company. Warburg Pincus is
joined by minority investors
that include members of
the management team
and other individuals.
Zenith is pursuing
opportunities to buy, build
and operate terminals
primarily in Latin America,

Europe and Africa, which
include the storage
and logistics for crude
oil, refined products,
and petrochemicals.
The company also will
identify opportunities in
logistics and distribution
assets that support terminals,
such as pipelines, truck
racks and barges.
In June 2014, Zenith and
Grupo Coremar announced
the award of a contract
for the construction on the
first phase of a new, multiproduct liquids terminal in
Palermo, Colombia.
Global Partners to develop

crude terminal at Port
Arthur, Texas
Global Partners and Kansas City Southern (KCS) have
announced plans to develop a unit train terminal
in Port Arthur, Texas, along the US Gulf Coast.
The waterborne terminal, which will be constructed on a
200-acre parcel leased by Global from KCS, will serve initially
as a destination for heavy crude from Western Canada
utilising 340,000 barrels of initial storage capacity. Upon
commencement of unit train service, the terminal is expected
to have an initial capacity of up to two unit trains per day.
The addition of a crude destination terminal on the US
Gulf Coast will broaden and strengthen our logistics network,
says Globals president and CEO Eric Slifka. Situated within
a 100-mile radius of nearly 5 million barrels of Gulf Coast
refining capacity and an expansive pipeline network, Port
Arthur is a prime destination for crude and refined products.
The terminal complements our assets on the East and
West Coasts, expanding optionality for our customers.
The Port Arthur terminal represents a significant
opportunity to capitalise on strong demand for the
movement of Western Canadian crude initially to one
of the worlds premier refining centres in the US Gulf
Coast, adds KCS president and CEO David Starling.
Construction of the terminal is contingent upon Globals
receipt of all necessary permits. The cost of the project has not
been disclosed, though Global will cover the investment.
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CEFC joins RPG subsidiary for Rizhao Iran to inaugurate

10 crude storage
oil storage operations in China
Petrochemical and fuel oil trader
satisfy the consideration for its
facilities in next year
CEFC International has joined with a
subsidiary of Rizhao Port Group (RPG)
to build and operate oil storage
facilities in Rizhao port, China.
The joint venture between CEFCs
wholly owned subsidiary, Hong Kong
CEFC Petrochemical and Energy and
Rizhao Port Oil Terminal, will have
an initial registered capital of 350
million Yuan (42.4 million), with CEFC
Hong Kong subscribing for a 49%
stake for 171.5 million Yuan in cash.
Rizhao Port Oil Terminal will
51% stake by transferring to the JV

company the land on which the
facilities will be constructed, and
contribute the balance amount
in cash if the value of the land
is less than 178.5 million Yuan.
The project will cost some
700 million Yuan, including land
costs and construction and
development of the oil storage
facilities. The remaining 350 million
Yuan of the project cost will be
funded by bank borrowings.
Irans Petroleum Engineering and Development Co.

(PEDEC) has reportedly said the country plans to
inaugurate 10 crude oil storage facilities by early in
the next Iranian year, beginning on 21 March 2015.
A total of 7 million barrels of crude oil
will be stored in the concrete tanks, the first
to be built by the National Iranian Oil Co.
(NIOC), for shipment or processing.
Tanks are to be built in the southern
cities of Omidiyeh and Gurreh in Khuzestan
and Bushehr Provinces, with the Gurreh
project reported to be 85% complete.
Macquarie acquires second 50% stake in IMTT to

assume control
Macquarie Infrastructure
is to assume full control
of International-Matex
Tank Terminals (IMTT) after
acquiring the remaining
50% stake for $910 million
(668.7 million) in cash and
$115 million in stock.
The company bought the

first 50% stake in May 2006.
Bulk liquid storage terminal
provider IMTT has a capacity
of around 42 million barrels
of storage across 10 marine
terminals in the US, with EBITDA
increasing from $67 million in
2005 to $279.6 million for the 12

months ending 31 March 2014.
IMTT contributed $39.7
million to Macquaries EBITDA
during Q1 of the fiscal year
2014, ending 31 March.
Macquarie also has a
45% stake in Singapore-
based Helios Terminal,

bought from Oiltanking for
an undisclosed amount last
year, and acquired Australia/
New Zealand-based ANZ
Terminals for $492 million at
the end of last month as it
consolidates its operations.
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ADPO NV and Solventis have entered into

a long term agreement to develop a new
12-hectare tank storage terminal on the left
bank of the River Scheldt to be called ADPO
Liefkenshoek Logistics Hub, or ADPO LLH.
Phase 1 of construction is already well
underway. The logistic configuration for the
exclusive use of Solventis will be accessible by
road, rail and water and will house the following:
27,000m3 mild steel and 10,000m3
stainless steel tank capacity
10,000m3 chemical storage warehouse
Two fully automatic drum- and IBC filling stations
3ha ADR iso container parking area
A multi-purpose stainless steel blending plant
Phase 2 allows for development of a further
60,000m3 of free tank storage capacity. Completion
of Phase 1 is scheduled for May 2015.
ADPO NV has for many years been a principal
provider of logistic services to Solventis at its Kallo
(HQ) terminal in the Port of Antwerp and this
Agreement will provide Solventis with additional
storage capacity as well as enabling the company
to concentrate its drum and IBC filling operations
and blending activities on one site.
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Located between Marseille
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largest commercial port on
the Mediterranean. Owned
by the Languedoc-Roussillon
regional council, the port is
managed by the Chamber
of Commerce of Narbonne.
The annual traffic is 2 million
tonnes/year and consists
of liquids, dry bulk and
breakbulk commodities.
In 2011, the Chairman of
the Regional Council, Christian
Bourquin, launched the project
Deep Sea Port with a budget
ranging from 210-325 million.

The future infrastructure will
include a new terminal (20
to 25 hectares) dedicated to
liquid cargoes and linked to 4
berths accessible to oceangoing-vessels of 225m long
x 36m beam x 14.5m draft.
These dimensions,
corresponding to ships of
about 80,000 dwt, will enable
Port-La Nouvelle to trade with
North and South American
markets as well as with the
Asian market. In addition,
80 hectares will be fitted
to welcome industrial sites
with direct rail connections.

Other lands (> 600 hectares)
will be available in a 50km
radius around the port.
The building, which
also include a new dry bulk
terminal and 2,000m of quay
will start in 2016/2017 with a
delivery of the first facilities
expected by 2020. This new
deep sea port will offer
shippers and receivers new
logistics opportunities in the
south of France and Europe.
Rail delivery will be particularly
easy to reach northern Europe
Accordingly, the Languedoc-
Roussillon Region intends

to play a major role in the
Mediterranean market to meet
their ever-growing activities.
The port management is
looking for industrial and
logistics projects to secure
the investment and prepare
the Languedoc-Roussillon
region, whose population is
expected to increase by over
20 by 2040, for the future.
For more information:
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technical news
RMF builds storage tanks at Dakota refinery

Rocky Mountain Fabrication
(RMF) has recently completed the
mechanical installation of 18 field
erected tanks at the Dakota Prairie
Refinery in Dickinson, North Dakota.
The project marks the first refinery
to be built in the US since 1976, and the
first new refinery and second largest
project for RMF. The tanks range in size
from 52 feet in diameter by 40 feet
tall, up to 117 feet in diameter by 40

feet tall, and are built to store crude
oil, diesel fuel, naphtha and water.
RMFs four core values of
safety, quality, integrity and
innovation lent themselves heavily
to the successful completion
of the project. The companys
understanding of what makes the
industry work is complemented by
the teams skills in tank fabrication

and erection for the chemical,
petrochemical, water/wastewater,
mining and other industries.
RMF focuses on both new
construction and maintenance and
can answer the demands of any
size project. RMF is headquartered
in Salt Lake City, with a new office
opening soon in the Houston area.
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Ergil, an engineering,
construction and
manufacturing company
for the petrochemical,
oil, gas and chemical
industries, has completed
the manufacturing of
storage tanks and storage
tank equipment for DNOs
Summail gas project. DNO
is a Norwegian exploration
and production company
focused on the Middle
East and North Africa.
This is the first gas field
developed by DNO in the
Kurdistan region, northern
Iraq. The scope of the
order included supply of an
insulated amine storage tank,
a triethylene glycol (TEG)
storage tank, a portable
storage tank, a reverse
osmosis water tank, an amine
run down tank and a TEG
run down tank equipped
with electrical heaters.
Headquartered in Oslo,
Norway, DNO is a Middle East
and North Africa focused oil
and gas company holding
stakes in oil and gas blocks in
various stages of exploration,
development and production
both onshore and offshore,
in the Kurdistan region of
Iraq, the Republic of Yemen,
the Sultanate of Oman, the
United Arab Emirates, Tunisian
Republic and Somaliland.
technical news
Tank gauging software supports site expansion

NuStar Energy Grangemouth terminal is
continuing to expand and has extended
its implementation of MHT Technologys
tank and inventory management
system, VTW. A number of additional
tanks have been added to the system,
bringing in data from Endress+Hauser
NRF590 Tank Side Monitors linked to
FMR532 High Accuracy Radars and
NMT539 Average Temperature Devices.
In addition to this, extra valves have
been added to the system. One of the
great benefits of VTW is that it is a totally
scalable system and is easy to extend
in line with site requirements, explains
MHT product manager Judith Brown.
At the Grangemouth installation,
NuStar is able to remotely control its
valves from VTW, enabling them to open
and close valves from the comfort of
the control room. This not only saves on
manpower but helps improve safety too.
This is the second terminal within
the NuStar Energy group to implement
VTW. Following a competitive tender
process, MHT Technology has been
nominated as the number one supplier
for Tank Gauging solutions in Europe.
Situated on the Firth of Forth estuary,
approximately 25 miles from Edinburgh,
the Grangemouth Terminal primarily
handles diesel, gasoil, kerosene, petrol,
ethanol and various chemicals.
The terminal has capitalised on
the latest in Virtual Server technology
where the IT systems no longer
rely on a single piece of hardware
MHT worked with NuStar Energys UK IT team to implement the new VTW system
and is leading the way forward for

other NuStar Energy terminals.
MHT worked in close partnership with
NuStar Energys UK IT team to implement
the VTW system, which is installed on dual
redundant virtual servers and dual virtual
clients. NuStars Grangemouth terminal has
implemented the ultimate fault tolerant
architecture for its VTW system. This means
that if any piece of server or client PC
hardware should fail, the virtualised VTW
system simply swaps over to a different
piece of hardware in a matter of seconds.
The operators using the system
would be able to continue working

as usual and would not suffer from
downtime on the VTW system.
Billy Pullar, terminal manager says:
MHTs VTW tank gauging solution has
replaced an aging system and given
us confidence that we can rely on our
tank gauging software to always be
available to monitor our inventory. In
addition, the Movements Package
enables us to safely plan, monitor and
analyse the safe movement of product
from the jetty into the tank farm, as well
as performing tank to tank transfers.
Benko elevating platform provides safe access to tank

trucks and cars
Benko Products, a manufacturer
of fall protection equipment for
tank trucks and hopper cars,
says its G-Raff Elevating Platform
provides safe access to tank
trucks, tank cars and hopper cars.
This platform is part of
the Green Access and Fall
Protection line and was
specifically designed to provide
operators continuous fall
protection while working on
the tops of these vehicles.
The G-Raff Elevating Platform
is self-supporting and features
a level access platform that
raises and lowers to the exact
height of the vehicle. Other
features include: machine screw

actuation, push-button operation,
and a self-adjusting stairway.
The Green Access and Fall
Protection product line includes
flat ramp, telescoping and selflevelling stair gangways, truck and
railcar loading racks, stationary
and portable platforms, loading/
vapour arms, spill containment
pans, portable transloading
carts, horizontal lifeline systems,
caged ladders, pipe racks,
custom structural, and more.
All Green platforms are
engineered for operator safety,
compliance with governing
OSHA standards.
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technical news
FB Site Services launches inspection division

FB Site Services, a civil engineering company
based in the UK, has created Viking Inspection
a new division focused on providing storage
tank and pipeline inspection services.
Together with FB Site Services storage
tank and pipeline cleaning and blasting
solutions, the two companies say they
are now able to provide a full turnkey
service to the bulk storage, petroleum,
chemical and power industries.
Viking Inspections services include:
Tank Floor scanning using the
Silverwing Floormap 3D MFL floor
scanner with distinction between

topside and underside corrosion
and mapping software
Tank shell inspection using the Silverwing
Scorpion dry probe UT scanner
Magnetic particle inspection of tank
floor and shell welds and nozzle welds
Ultrasonic thickness checks on the tank
floor, shell, nozzles and pipework
Vacuum box inspection
of tank floor welds
EEMUA 159 tank integrity assessment
of the tank including fitness for further
Park Derochie
implements
tank segment
Low-Cost Biodiesel
and Ethanol
Blend Analyzers
Park Derochie, a specialist in all

types of coatings and blasting,
fireproofing, mechanical insulation
and containment, has created
a tank division, based out of
its Edmonton office, Canada.
Given the ever increasing
activities in storage tank
fabrication and restorations,
Park Derochie believes that a
specialised division with a direct
focus in this market place is
long overdue and will allow
its existing coatings division to
focus on its core business.
Patrick Selzler has been
appointed manager of this
new division. Selzler joined
Park Derochie in 2012 and
has successfully executed the
roles of project and operations
manager within the companys
coatings division.
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service and remaining life assessment

API 653 Assessment of the tank
including fitness for further service
and remaining life assessment
API 570 Assessment of aboveground
and buried pipelines including
isometric CAD drawing, UT thickness
checks, recording of CML and TML
locations and fitness for further service
and remaining life assessment
Guided Wave (Teletest Focus) inspection
of aboveground (insulated and noninsulated) and buried pipelines.
OPW acquires
Liquip
OPW, a provider of fluid handling
solutions and a business unit
within Dovers fluids segment,
has completed the previously
announced acquisition of Liquip
International, headquartered
in New South Wales, Australia.
Dover is a global
manufacturer of equipment
and components, specialty
systems and support services
through four major operating
segments: energy, engineered
systems, fluids, and refrigeration
and food equipment.
technical news
New ATEX Zone 0 portable LED floodlighting solution

Wolf Safety, a manufacturer
of hazardous area portable
and temporary lighting,
has launched a new
floodlighting solution which
provides hazardous area
workers a portable and selfcontained LED temporary
floodlighting solution in areas

where the most extreme
hazards may be present in
flammable concentrations.
The ATEX Zone 0
Flood Bank features the
performance and reliability
of the proven Wolflite
Wolflite Zone 0 Flood Bank
XT Rechargeable Zone
0 Handlamps to deliver
collectively, within a stand,
a flood illumination of up to
2,100 lumens (lms), to a Zone
0 hazardous task area.
The Flood Bank Stand
incorporates the Wolflite
XT Rechargeable Zone 0
hand lamps (XT-75) which
are CE marked to the ATEX
directive and IECEx certified,
for safe use in Zone 0, 1 and
2 potentially explosive gas
atmospheres, where a T4
temperature class permits.
Available in two (XT-602), four
(XT-604) or six (XT-606) hand
lamp bank configurations,
the stands can be placed
on level ground or mounted
on a tripod to elevate, direct
and focus the light to the
desired task working area.
The XT-75 Zone 0 hand
lamps bespoke optics

coupled with the LED light
sources deliver a light output,
of over 350 lms each, from
the high intensity spot beam,
switchable to a wide-angle
flood. The battery duration at
high output is six hours and 12
hours in power save mode,
and is monitored with a state
of battery charge indicator.
Made of stainless steel,
each stand incorporates hand
lamp holders with snap-in/
snatch-out function for quick
release but secure retention
and allows the bank of hand
lamps to be manually tilted
and locked in position.
The stands only are
also available and can
accommodate all Wolflite
XT hand lamp models
to create different Zone
versions as required.
Tank Storage Asia 2014 announces Singapore Pavilion

Tank Storage Asia has announced
that there will be a specialist area for
Singapore-based companies at this years
show, called the Singapore Pavilion. The
leading event for the Asian tank storage
industry takes place on 24-25 September
at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.
IE Singapore has officially approved
the International Marketing Activities
Programme (iMAP) grant for Tank Storage
Asia. These grants allow companies based
in Singapore to save up to 50% when
exhibiting at industry leading events.
This news is a major coup for Tank
Storage Asia, because it is recognition
that the show is a key component
within the tank storage industry within
the Asian markets. These grants will also
encourage an even greater mix of
innovative new suppliers from Singapore
to exhibit at the show. These exhibitors will
bring new technologies, concepts and
ideas, strengthening and reinforcing the
shows position as the most important
and dynamic industry event for the
region. The show will feature over 60
manufacturers and suppliers spanning
the entire tank storage spectrum.
There has already been huge interest
from companies eager to take advantage
of the grant, and exhibit in the Pavilion.
Those that do will reach over 1,000
business professionals from the major oil
The two day conference will feature over 20 leading authorities in the bulk liquid
storage sector
companies, oil and chemical terminal

managers, inspection and maintenance
personnel, tank engineers and technicians
who head to the show each year.
Matt Benyon, MD of Tank Storage
Asia, says: Its fantastic news that we
have received this recognition, not
just for this years show, but also to
build for the future. Tank Storage Asia
doubled in size last year and that is the
direction we want to continue in.
The Tank Storage Asia 2014 exhibition
will run alongside a popular two day
paid-for conference, boasting its strongest

ever conference line up, with over 20
leading authorities in the bulk liquid
storage sector. They will be discussing the
regions critical issues everything from
changing trade flows and the shale boom
to the storage market in China and the
growth of the Asian biofuels market.
Tank Storage Asia takes place
from 24-25 September at Marina
Bay Sands, Singapore. To find out
more about attending visit www.
tankstorageasia.com
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incident report
A summary of the recent explosions, fires and leaks in the tank storage industry
n 18/08/2014

Oklahoma, US
Fire crews were called to a fire at an oil storage facility during the night.
It is unclear how the blaze started, though firefighters had it under control
within half an hour.
No injuries were reported.
n 18/08/2014

Illinois, US
Campbell Enterprises
Lightning struck an oil storage tank in El Dorado, southern Illinois, causing four
more nearby tanks to explode.
No injuries were reported after the incident, which occurred at around
4am.
The blaze was contained to a field after authorities decided to let it burn
out on its own.
n 17/08/2014

Pennsylvania, US
Hilcorp Energy
A storage tank caught fire near a gas well owned by Hilcorp Energy in
Jefferson Township, Mercer County.
It is thought the fire was sparked by an ignition pump used to force water,
separated from oil, into the tank.
Residents reported hearing explosions and seeing plumes of heavy black
smoke but local fire crews brought the blaze under control swiftly.
n 30/07/2014

Tripoli, Libya
CSX Corp.
Fighting between rival militias in Tripoli, Libya, resulted in a blaze at an oil

depot containing 6 million litres of fuel.
The depot, located around six miles from Tripoli, was reported to have
been hit by rockets, sparking a fire across eight storage tanks.
Fire crews were said to have the blaze under control on 6 August, though
the site was still at risk.
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analysis
ARA tank storage markets:

more pain to come?
central role. Because Europe
businesses: (1) the marine
these companies rent tanks
flow. Russia has a structural
refinery closures
Consultant PJK
has a structural surplus of petrol
bunker market; and (2)
The US refinery and
there
is
a
continuous
flow
the
Russian/Far
East
transit
petrochemical renaissance
International
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being exported out of Europe
arbitrage business. The ARA
Changes in the Russian/
summarises how
to petrol export markets. Petrol
region is one of the busiest
Far East fuel oil flow
ARA tank storage markets: more pain to come?
traders
collect
the
abundant
port
areas
in
the
world
and

Oil futures forward curves.
changes
in the global

petrol components, blend
has a large marine bunker
Due to global competition,
oil markets are
them together into finished
market. To supply fuel oil to
refinery margins are under
Consultant PJK International summarises
howit changes
in theships,
global
oilstorage
markets
are impacting
product
and
ship
to
export
tank
capacity
pressure. Especially in
impacting
profitability profitability
for tank terminal operators
markets. These petrol blenders
is needed. Another lucrative
Europe, where oil products
for tank terminal
are mostly located in the
business is the facilitation of the
consumption is decreasing,
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so this articleRussia/Far
will onlyEast
cover
the
petrol, middle
Amsterdam
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oil
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operators
distillates and fuel oil storage markets. These segments are very large and competitive in the
there is a strong mismatch
to blend and
make markets
bulk.
the Farof
East
hasstatus ofbetween
fuel consumption
ARA-region. Therefore developments
in these
are asurplus
good and
indicator
the
the
ARA
oil tank storage
markets
European middle distillate
a structural deficit of fuel oil.
and refinery output, margins
ARA-tank
terminals
sector.
Apr2002
Nov2002
Jun2003
Jan2004
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Mar2005
Oct2005
May2006
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Jul2007
Feb2008
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Apr2009
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Jun2010
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Mar2012
Oct2012
May2013
Dec2013
Volume [kton/month]
Source: Eurostat
are very diverse so this article

markets are somewhat the
Currently fuel oil is shipped from
are very low or even negative.
will
petrol, the port of
opposite
of the petrol
the Baltic
Sea via
Rotterdam
Refiners from the US, Russia
In only
the cover
petrolthe
segment
Amsterdam
playsmarket.
a central role.
Because
Europe
has a structural
middle
distillates
and fuel
Europe has a flow
structural
deficit
to Singapore.
The stoptoin petrol export
and the Middle East are
surplus
of petrol
there is a continuous
being
exported
out of Europe
oil
storage markets.
These collect of
and needs
to import
Rotterdam
is needed
because
squeezing out European
markets.
Petrol traders
thediesel
abundant
petrol
components,
blend them
together
into finished
segments are very large and
large volumes of diesel. Diesel
of draft limitations in the Baltics.
competitors that are unable
product and ship it to export markets. These petrol blenders are mostly located in the Port
of
competitive in the ARA region.
is mostly imported from the
to compete in global markets.
Amsterdam where these companies rent tanks to blend and make bulk.
Therefore developments in
US and Russia. Large volumes
Drivers of change
The recent shale gas and tight
these markets are a good
are discharged into tank
oil revolution in the US, which
European middle distillate markets are somewhat the opposite of the petrol market. Europe has
a
indicator of the status of the
terminals in ARA and distributed
There are four main themes
is giving US refiners a double
structural deficit of diesel and needs to import large volumes of diesel. Diesel is mostly imported
ARA-tank terminals sector.
across Europe from there.
that are likely to impact ARA oil
competitive advantage, is
from
the US and Russia. LargeARA
volumes
are discharged markets
into tank
terminals in ARA especially
and
In the petrol segment, the
fuel oil markets can
in the medium-term:
considered a global
distributed
across
Europe
frombe
there.
Port
of Amsterdam
plays
a
divided into two main
Possible European
game changer. As a result
of the fierce competition,
much European refinery
Euro Area: Demand minus Renery Output
capacity has already been
5000
closed and more closures
are expected. According to
4000
the IEA1, 0.6mb/d of refining
3000
capacity will shut between
2000
now and 2018. These closures
1000
will lower oil product output.
Gasoline
At the same time oil
0
Gasoil/diesel
product consumption in
-1000
Europe will also change. Petrol
-2000
and fuel oil consumption are
-3000
set to decline. This decline in
consumption for these two
-4000
oil products will more or less
-5000
offset the decline in refinery
Eurozone demand structural surplus of petrol and a deficit of diesel
output. Therefore the surplus in
CAPTION: Eurozone demand structural surplus of petrol and a deficit of diesel (Source:
Eurostat)
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analysis
Area Demand - Total petroleum products

Source: Eurostat
Euro Area Demand - Total petroleum products
50000
45000
35000
30000
Mid-term view
As a result of
negative demand
factors and
overinvestment in
the tank storage
market, storage
rates are under
pressure in more or
less all oil product segments. In
the baseline scenario demand
will further deteriorate and
keep storage rates, occupancy
rates and as a result
profitability under pressure.
There are a number of
additional downside risks to
profitability applicable to
individual segments in the ARA.
The most important factors
are: (1) refinery closures in
the ARA; and (2) a change
in EU fuel tax policy. Refinery
closures in the ARA would
undermine the hub function
and would lower production
and transshipment volumes
in the region. A change in EU
Euro Area Demand - Total petroleum

products
40000
Jan2002
Aug2002
Mar2003
Oct2003
May2004
Dec2004
Jul2005
Feb2006
Sep2006
Apr2007
Nov2007
Jun2008
Jan2009
Aug2009
Mar2010
Oct2010
May2011
Dec2011
Jul2012
Feb2013
Sep2013
Apr2014
Volume [kton/month]
55000
the period to 2016

more expansions
are planned.
Eurozone consumption of petroleum products

pressure and there is less
demand for storage capacity.
For the medium-term
the expectation is that
backwardation or, at most,
a shallow contango will
persist. There are scenarios
that could push the market
back into a deep contango,
although these scenarios are
less likely at the moment.
Tank storage capacity in
the ARA-region has exploded
in recent years. Heavy
investments in new terminals
and expansions of existing
terminals have led to an
increase of 25% in the period
between 2008 and 2013. For
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Reference
1 IEA MTOMR2013
Stable calendar spreads

Persisting
Backwardation/shallow contango
Balance global supply / demand, Crude
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25
15
-1
5
Level [Mb]
petrol and fuel oil markets will

most likely stay around current
levels. Diesel consumption is
however set to increase in
the medium-term mainly due
to ECA2015 legislation. The
structural deficit will therefore
increase which means more
diesel will need to be imported.
The supply of Russian fuel oil
via Baltic ports into Rotterdam
may be reduced because
of two factors. The first factor
is planned Russian refinery
upgrades. These upgrades
focus on increasing petrol and
middle distillate yields at the
expense of low value fuel oil
yields. The second factor is
the possible increase in fuel
oil export taxes in Russia. This
tax regime change will most
likely lead to closing of small
inefficient Russian refineries.
These refineries produce
relatively high amounts of
fuel oil. However, it remains
uncertain to what extent
Russias refineries will upgrade
taking into account recent
political developments in
Ukraine. Also the change in
tax regime is no done deal.
Apart from supply chain
considerations, the tank
storage market is also very
much dependent on prices
of oil derivatives markets. In
particular the shape of the
forward curve influences
demand for tank storage
capacity: a contango
stimulates demand whereas
a backwardation reduces
capacity. In 2011 the market
turned from contango to
backwardation and as a
result traders profits are under
fuel tax policy would lead to

the equalisation of tax levels
between diesel and petrol.
This would rebalance refinery
output with consumption
and would lower the surplus
of petrol and deficit of diesel
in the medium-term. A more
balanced market in Europe
would lead to less demand
for tank storage capacity.
Specifically for ARA fuel oil tank
storage markets, the probability
that Russian fuel oil supply
would drastically go down
because of Russian refinery
upgrades and an increase in
Russian fuel oil export taxes
poses substantial downside risk.
Upside potential is present
in two factors: (1) a turn of
events that would lead to a
deep contango; and (2) a
substantial global increase
in oil product demand.
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-15
-3
Implied stock change (RH)
-5
-25
cumm. Stock change (LH)
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-7
-45
-55
-9
Date
Calendar spreads versus global supply/demand balance

Top chart: ICE Brent calendar spreads
Middle chart: Global supply of crude oil minus
global
demand
for crude oil (green bar-chart)
cumm.
Stock
change (LH)
Bottom chart: Cumulative stock change (purple line)
5
0
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-15
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Topsafe in China
profile
Topsafe in China
Topsafe in China
Topsafe to
expand in China
Topsafe, a third party logistics service

provider, owns and operates
a
petrochemical storage facility in

Guangdong province, south China.
The site is located at Humen Port Lisha
Island Petrochemical Base in the central
region of The Pan Pearl River Delta,
where approximately one tenth of
Chinas GDP is generated annually.
The current facility has 320,000m3
capacity in 122 tanks and a jetty of 50,000
dwt. It serves customers in south China
as well as across the Asia Pacific and
its throughput exceeds 3 million tonnes
a year. To cater for Chinas economic
development Topsafe has been growing
its terminal since 2007. Last year, as part

of phase two, it added 16 tanks and took
control of 15% of the jetty from Humen
Port Group to better serve its customers.
The terminals location serves as an
entry point from the Middle East, with at
least 15 other terminals in the vicinity.
To keep up with demand, phase three
will add 140,000m3 in 2016 to take the
facility to a total of 460,000m3. Topsafe
will also build a new jetty of 80,000 dwt.
Mr. Goh, supply chain expert at
Topsafe, expects the bulk liquid storage
market in China to continue its growth,
but at a relatively slower pace than the
last few years. To expand its network
across the country the company has

visited several additional potential
storage sites. We are looking at Tianjing
in northeast China and in Shanghai
in east China, Goh explains.
Topsafe keeps its competitive edge by
ensuring its terminal is up to international
standards. It adheres to the European
Chemical Distribution Institutes inspection
protocols as well as the Association of
International Chemical Manufacturer
(AICM), responsible-care policies.

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southeast Asia
Slight
slowdown
but overall
positivity
The long awaited Pengerang
Independent Terminals
facility, located at the
southern tip of Peninsular
Malaysias Johor State, has
now started operations.
Built as a joint venture
by Malaysias Dialog Group
Berhad, Royal Vopak and
Johor state government,
Pengerang terminal is the first
independent crude oil terminal

to open in southeast Asia.
Plans to build and operate
the terminal have been
triggered by growing crude oil
and petroleum product import
flows into Asia and Australia.
Phase one (a) of the
terminal was commissioned
in April, offering storage
capacity of 432,000m3 for
clean petroleum products.

The terminals capacity will
be expanded to almost
1.3 million m3 when the first
phase of Pengerang is fully
commissioned early next year.
Phase one (b), completed
in June, will add a further
432,000m3 when the new
tanks designed to hold
clean petroleum products
are commissioned during
Q3 2014, lifting the terminals
capacity to 864,000 m3
Phase one (c), due for
commissioning early in 2015, will
then add 420,000m3 of storage
capacity intended to hold
crude oil, boosting Pengerang
to 1.28 million m3 in capacity.
Constructed on 150
hectares of reclaimed sea-bed
land and located in Pengerang
Integrated Petroleum
Complex, the storage terminal
is served by a six berth
deepwater jetty with a draft
of up to 24m and capable
of handling VLCC tankers.
At the official opening
ceremony Malaysian Prime
Minister Najib Razak said that
MYR35 billion (8.4 billion)
already had been invested
in developing oil and gas
facilities at the site and that
a further MYR6 billion was
earmarked for investment
over the next five years.
The projection is that for
every MYR1 billion we invest
in this project will have a
multiplier effect of generating
a return of MYR20 billion,
the Prime Minister said.
Pengerang terminal is
designed to develop and
reposition southern Johor as a
regional oil storage and trading
hub. The facilities have been
designed to complement
Dialogs existing storage
facilities at Langsat terminal
and Vopaks various storage
terminal facilities in Singapore.
Pengerang is strategically
located near Pengerang
Integrated Complex which is
being developed by Petronas,
the national oil company.
Dialog is not the only
Malaysian company that sees
a bright future for the nations
storage terminal sector. KIC

Group, which operates a
220,000m3 capacity fuel oil
and gasoil terminal in Port
Klang and two jointly operated
floating storage units, also
expects government support
for the oil and gas sector to
benefit terminal operators.
We expect demand
for storage to grow with the
relaxation and incentives given
by the Malaysian government
to trading companies that are
intending to open up shop
here in Malaysia, Capt Sudhir
Vijayan, senior VP for business
and assets for the KIC Group
of companies, explains.
KIC is keeping its eye
open for future business
opportunities but is not
planning any expansion at
present. There has been a
slowdown in the use of tanks in
Port Klang, particularly in the
fuel oil market which is our main
market, comments Vijayan.
This is mainly due to the
emergence of Singaporebacked bunker operators in
the Port Klang market after the
decline of Malaysias largest
physical bunker supplier. These
newer operators seem to
be getting their source from
suppliers who are operating
from Singapore or from the
floating storages from around
the Melacca Straits.
LBC is the latest company
to reveal an interest in
developing a large capacity
petroleum terminal in Malaysia.
We are looking at a
greenfield terminal project in
south Johor it will be more
about petroleum, says an
LBC source. We are working
with an oil trader partner. We
have not decided the size of
the terminal; it could be from
600,000m3 to 1 million m3. We
have identified a couple of
possible locations but we have
not decided which one.
Vopaks plans
The overarching supply
versus demand imbalance
will continue to create
storage opportunities in the
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southeast Asia
region. Chemical and energy
needs will continue to rise
in Asia with the progress of
emerging markets and rising
affluence in the region. This
provides opportunities for
third party storage providers
like us, comments Patrick
van der Voort, division
president at Vopak Asia.
Within the region, trends
such as refinery closures in
Australia, the increase in the
intra-regional clean petroleum
products trade and growing
LPG/naphtha imports as a
result of shale developments
in North America also
present possibilities for us.
In Singapore, where Vopak
has 3 million m3 of petroleum
and chemical storage facilities
(including for gaseous liquids) in
four terminals, Vopak recently
signed a contract to operate
the first phase of the Jurong
rock cavern storage scheme.
Its JV consortium,
Banyan Caverns Storage
Services (Vopak 45%), has
been awarded a 15 year
operatorship for the first phase
of the Jurong Rock Caverns
(JRC) for oil products. JRC is
southeast Asia and Singapores
first subterranean hydrocarbon
storage facility and located
on Jurong Island. Phase one
of the project comprises five
caverns and will provide
approximately 1.47 million
m3 of oil storage space.
Also in Singapore,
Vopak added 47,000m3 of
chemical storage tanks at
its Penjuru terminal early this
year along with 10,000m3
of ammonia storage tanks
at its Banyan terminal.
In addition to expanding
storage capacity, Vopak also
has carried out work at several
terminals in southeast Asia
to improve cargo handling
and terminal efficiency.
Some of our recent
terminal improvements include
jetty debottlenecking work in
one of our oldest terminals in
Asia, Sebarok in Singapore, to
improve jetty turnaround time.
This was completed in Q2 this
year. Also completed in Q2 was
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our Jetty 2 expansion in Map Ta

Phut industrial port in Thailand,
van der Voort explains.
We are positive about
southeast Asias bulk
liquids storage industry. The
demand and consumption of
crude, petroleum products,
chemicals, gases and
vegetable oils will continue
to grow in Asia and we see a
significant shift in trade flow
patterns over the next few
years, van der Voort says.
With significant scale
in capacity, close proximity
between locations and
to international shipping
routes, and gross trade for
some oil products set to rise,
the Singapore-MalaysiaIndonesia region has the
potential to develop into
a Straits hub similar to the
ARA hub in Europe.
Also in Johor state, VTTI,
the independent bulk terminal
storage company that is 50%
owned by the Vitol Group
and 50% by MISC Berhad,
Malaysias international
shipping conglomerate, is
constructing a 220,000m3
phase two expansion
scheme at the companys
ATB Tanjung Bin terminal.
Located on a 30 hectare
section of a 50 hectare
former mangrove forest site,
ATB Tanjung Bin phase one
consists of 890,000m3 of storage
capacity of which 340,000m3
is for black products and
550,000m3 for white products.
Phase one storage facilities
comprise 41 tanks that range in
size from 7,000m3 to 45,000m3.
VTTIs phase two expansion
scheme involves constructing
a further 250,000m3 of storage
capacity which will boost
the terminal to 1.14 million
m3 when construction is
completed around Q2 2015.
Indonesia
Companies planning to
establish a strategic petroleum
storage base in Indonesia
include Sinopec Kantons, the
crude oil trading and logistics
arm of China Petroleum
and Chemical (Sinopec).

In 2012 Sinopec
announced plans to take a
95% shareholding in the PT
West Point terminal project
in Indonesias Batam Island
Free Trade Zone (FTZ), near
Singapore. The $850 million
(644 million) investment
is intended to boost
Sinopecs petroleum trading
activities in the region.
Indonesia has allocated
some 360 hectares of land
in Batam FTZ to construct
the proposed 2.6 million
m3 capacity PT West Point
terminal along with associated
refinery and petrochemical
projects that are due to be
in service when phase two of
the terminal is completed.
Phase one storage
facilities totalling 1.3 million
m3 are due to be completed
at PT West Point in 2016.
Indonesian islands close to
Singapore and Johor state in
southern Peninsular Malaysia
are being used to expand
petroleum storage capacity
in southeast Asia due to the
availability of land to build
terminals and the terminals
proximity to Singapore.
Oiltanking is constructing
phase one (a) of Oiltanking
Karimun, a 760,000m3
petroleum storage scheme
on Indonesias Karimun
Island, near Batam Island.
Karimun is just south
west of Singapore and
strategically located at the
mouth of the Malacca Straits.
The terminal is due to be
commissioned in Q3 2015.
As land on Jurong Island
is scarce, the Singaporean
government some time back
decided to no longer support
new terminal projects which
are purely focussed on trading
and not manufacturing. The
forecast however shows that
regional demand of petroleum
products will continue to
grow year-on-year and to
support this growth on-shore
terminals and logistical
services will be required. On
this basis storage service
providers ventured out to the
areas directly surrounding

Singapores oil trading hub,
i.e. Malaysia and Indonesia,
according to Douglas van
der Wiel, commercial VP,
Oiltanking Asia Pacific.
As such we also looked
at all the surrounding areas
for a new terminal site and
eventually chose Karimun.
Drivers for us were our
experience of operating a
terminal in Indonesia, the
good location of Karimun and
its existing Free Trade Zone,
the land preparation cost,
and that at Karimun there is
well established ship-to-ship
transshipment anchorage
where significant volume is
already being handled.
The facilities at Karimun
include four deepwater jetties
with the largest being able to
cater for VLCCs alongside. It
will be a world class terminal
that can load ships at up to
6,000m3 per hour, van der Wiel
says. The Class I tanks for clean
products will provide utmost
flexibility as each avail of
dedicated filling/suction lines as
well as dedicated circulation
lines for blending. The system
for the Class III tanks, which
mainly caters for fuel oil, will
also have superior capability to
handle heavy grades. Blending
will be conducted through air
sparging which has proven to
be a highly effective method.
Naturally all tanks have
central sumps for stripping
enabling the possibility to
smoothly switch products.
Oiltanking has secured
a large part of the initial
760,000m3, however capacity
is still available and we
are starting to intensify our
sales and marketing efforts
to secure the balance.
Space is available at
the existing site for a further
400,000 to 500,000m3 storage
to be built as part of phase
one (b). In addition, van der
Wiel notes that additional
land and waterfront is
available next to the site
that could be developed
for a further 1 million m3 of
oil storage capacity.
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tank storage in China
Third party terminal market

enters new expansion phase
The storage terminal sector
has seen a number of
new developments lately,
reflecting Chinas fast
economic development
over the past decade.
With suitable locations for
terminals increasingly difficult
to find in east China, in the
Shanghai area in particular,
international terminal operators
are looking elsewhere. South
China, especially Guangdong
and Fujian provinces, is
attracting a number of
foreign terminal operators.
Others are also looking in
northern China, where the
expanding petrochemical
sector is creating growing
facilities to support the regions
industrial development.
Petroleum and chemical
demand is increasing in
China but there is a low
growth rate because the
domestic and export markets
are slow. Demand growth
is about 5% lower than GDP
for refined products and
chemicals, explains Katrina
Chen, consulting director for
oil and gas at ICIS China.
Diesel demand has
decreased about 1% but
petrol demand is up about 10%
because the car population
has increased. However,
the micro economy is not
good, so there is an overall
decrease in the growth rate.
Demand for
petrochemicals is also being
affected by government policy
to reduce environmental
pollution and pursue a longterm target of developing a
modern industrial base with a
core of large-scale industrial
units replacing the former
industrial base of small-scale
local factories that are both
energy inefficient and polluting.
China has recently seen an
expansion of refining capacity
with the result that output of
some products now exceeds
domestic demand, forcing the
state-run refining sector to seek
export markets for its excess
capacity. It also means the
completion of some refinery
expansion schemes will be
postponed from 2015 to 2020.
Exports of petrol and diesel
currently total around 5 million
tonnes a year combined
and are shipped mostly to
Asian markets including South
Korea, Singapore and India.
The petroleum exporters
are mainly Sinopec and
China National Petroleum
Corporation (CNPC) as
they have export rights,
whereas traders do not.
With the domestic oil
and refined products markets
being dominated by Chinas
state-run oil companies,
which operate their own
terminals, opportunities to run
third party oil terminals are
limited. Also, opportunities for

foreign oil traders in China
are limited which, in turn,
restricts demand for third
party oil storage facilities.
Foreign traders import
volumes are very small, except
for fuel oil for bunkering,
Chen says. Bunker oil is
imported but this market is
operated mainly by Chinese
companies. There are about
10 big bunker oil companies
in China at present.
Foreign-owned refineries in
China such as BPs and Shells
just supply the retail market,
they are not trading products.
Chemical storage growth
Demand for third party
chemical storage continues
to grow as the volume of
chemical imports rises to meet
the shortage in domestic
production. However, the
increase rate has slowed
over the past few years.
China imports methanol,
polyolefins, naphtha, benzene
and other products from
South Korea and east Asia.
High value added chemicals
are imported from Japan.
The structure of Chinas
chemical market has created
more opportunities for
foreign terminal operators
to enter the market and
provide local storage services
for multinational clients
they serve worldwide.

More low value added
general products are being
made in China, while high
value added chemical
products are imported.
Propylene and polyolefins
come from major refineries
downstream plants but
methanol, PVC and caustic
soda are mainly from private
companies because their
capacities are smaller.
Chemical storage is at
a consolidation stage. In the
past a lot of private companies
operated chemical storage
terminals but their turnover
has been low, so they are
combining to get more cargos
in their tanks, Chen explains.
A number of international
chemical terminal operators
with storage facilities in China
are planning to expand their
capacity with several also
planning to offer rail wagon
loading and discharge services,
which will enable them to serve
a larger hinterland market.
Oiltanking has 139,000 m3 of
storage capacity in the Nanjing
Petrochemical Industrial Park
and is currently expanding
by 45,000m3 to bring the total
capacity to 184,000m3.
We have tanks ranging
from 2,000m3 to 20,000m3 to
cater for specialty as well as
commodity chemicals. Its new
tanks will range from 3,000
to 10,000m3. The expansion
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is on target to be completed
in Q1 2015. Demand is
strong and the outlook looks
promising, says Douglas van
der Wiel, commercial VP of
Oiltanking Asia Pacific.
Oiltankings terminal has
two jetties that can handle
tankers up to 50,000 dwt
which allows customers to
bring large (parcel) tankers
further down the Yangtze
River thereby enabling them
to optimise costs. In the past
customers would have had
to break bulk further away
from the area of demand.
In addition to serving
the customers logistics by
water front and truck we
are also connected to the
national railway system. The
rail car loading and unloading
facility was completed two
years ago and it is building
up momentum, van der
Wiel says. The domestic
petrochemicals such as
methanol are increasingly
produced in the coal rich
but land locked hinterland of
China. Hence, products need
to be transported by rail to the
consuming areas, such as the
Yangtze River delta, in particular
Nanjing. Now Oiltanking Nanjing
has all the features to serve
customers that require both
jetty and rail infrastructure.
Oiltanking also operates a
90,000m3 capacity chemical
terminal in the Daya Bay
Petrochemical Industrial
Park, located 1.5 hours north
east of Hong Kong in the
Guangdong province.
The terminal comprises
storage tanks ranging from
1,250m3 to 5,300m3, again
with a strong focus on serving
the petrochemical park
through integrated storage
and logistic solutions.
The terminal also serves the
third party market for inland
distribution by truck. The facility
is being supported by a jetty
which can handle up to 12,500
dwt tankers and it is planning to
add berths that can cater for
30-50,000 dwt. The company
commissioned three spheres
to store approximately 9,000m3
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of butadiene and C4 products

at the end of last year.
Over the past 10 years
the progress in the Daya Bay
Petrochemical Industrial Park
has been impressive and
the developments continue.
CNOOC has embarked on
a second refinery project
and ethylene cracker.
Naturally, Oiltanking is keen
to further expand its facilities
to accommodate volumes
related to this development,
van der Wiel remarks.
Chinas growing chemicals
demand will continue to require
third party chemical storage
facilities. Standards are being
raised and opportunities for
a company like Oiltanking
are abundant. We are
strengthening our teams and
business development activities
and with a clear strategy it will
only be a matter of time before
we can announce our third leg
in China, van der Wiel says.
Meanwhile, Odfjell is
preparing to commission
the first phase of its new joint
venture Odfjell Nangang
Terminals (Tianjin) terminal
in Q4 this year. Located in
Nangang Industrial Zone of
Tianjin Port in northeast China,
the terminal will have three
berths capable of handling
vessels up to 50,000 dwt and will
provide 345,000m3 of chemical
storage when fully developed.
Phase one, totalling
145,000m3 of storage tanks,
ranging in size from 1,500m3
to 30,000m3, is expected
to enter service around
October. Facilities will include
a multipurpose and vapour
return jetty line, eight truck
filling stations and direct
pipeline transfer capability
within Nangang Industrial
Zone. A national rail freight
connection will be built to
serve the terminal in future.
Tianjin EconomicTechnological Development
Area (TEDA) has selected Odfjell
as Nangang Port Companys
exclusive joint venture partner
for the public liquids terminal
and jetty facilities in the
Nangang Industrial Zone.
The Chinese central

government plan is for
this area to become the
largest petrochemical
industry base in northeast
China, accommodating
the production of over
200 petrochemical
products, Odfjell says.
Odfjell already has two
operational terminals in China.
The company operates a
100,000m3 petrochemical
terminal at Jiangyin Economic
Development Zone, located
150km west of Shanghai, and a
120,000m3 joint venture terminal
at Dalian New Port in northeast
China that handles mineral
oil and chemical cargoes.
Government plans to build
a new petrochemicals hub
in Dalian could offer Odfjell
additional opportunities to
develop terminal operations
in the northeastern region.
Odfjell has looked at
Chang Xing Island near Dalian
to build chemical storage,
says an industry source. Chang
Xing is being developed as a
petrochemicals hub because
of environmental concerns.
A PX plant problem caused
the plant to be closed and
the government decided
to put all petrochemicals
on Chang Xing.
Meanwhile, in southern
China, Odfjell is preparing
to build one of several new
petrochemical terminals
planned in Fujian province,
where the company has signed
a joint venture agreement with
the Founder Group to become
50:50 equity partners in a
storage facility in Quanzhou.
Odfjell is investing $21
million (16 million) to take a
50% stake in Fujian Fantong
Terminals, which will be
renamed Odfjell Terminals
Fujian (Quanzhou). It will build
a new chemical terminal in
Quangang Industrial Zone,
on the south side of Meizhou
Bay that Odfjell Terminals
will operate and manage.
Planned to enter
commercial service in early
2016, Odfjell Terminals Fujian has
almost 15 hectares of available
land that will be sufficient

to build about 185,000m3 of
storage capacity. Facilities
will include two jetties, one
capable of handling vessels up
to 100,000 dwt while the other
jetty will handle small vessels
and barges up to 5,000 dwt.
According to Odfjell, the
joint venture has an option
to acquire 23 hectares of
adjoining land, which is large
enough to build a further
400,000m3 of storage capacity
if storage demand develops
as expected in future.
Elsewhere in Fujian
province, LBC which owns
the LBC Shanghai Shipping
Terminal in east China, is
planning to acquire an under
construction petroleum and
chemical terminal in Fuzhou
Jiangyin Chemical Park.
Phase one, totalling
181,000m3 and consisting of
30 tanks ranging from 1,000m3
to 5,000m3, is due to enter
commercial service around
October. Facilities will include
five drumming lines and a
two berth jetty with one berth
designed to handle vessels
up to 100,000 dwt and the
smaller berth vessels and
barges up to 5,000 dwt.
The terminal will be a
storage and transshipment
hub. The chemical park is
opposite Taiwan, which lies
about 100 miles away across
the Taiwan Strait, explains an
informed source. The terminal
will have a rail cargo link
which is rare in China. Its more
economical to transport by rail
over 1,000km than by truck.
Chemicals and petroleum
products are expected from
Taiwan with the rail link allowing
delivery across China.
The Fujian terminal site is
large enough for a terminal
of 900,000m3 to be built
eventually. Phase two of the
terminal is planned to begin
construction in early 2015.
Around 30 tanks totalling
220,000m3 are expected to
be built with large tanks of
about 20,000m3 planned to
store petroleum products.
Phase two will take one year

to complete. Construction
will be finished in 2016. Phase
three of about 500,000m3
will depend on the market.
LBC is planning to acquire
the Fuzhou Jiangyin Chemical
Park terminal to meet
expected continuing growth in
demand for chemical storage
in southern China as chemical
imports are forecasted to grow
to cover a continuing shortfall
in domestic production.
Elsewhere, LBC is
expanding storage at
LBC Shanghai Shipping
Terminal where 10 new tanks
totalling about 8,000m3
in capacity are due for
completion in mid-2015.
Sited at a river mouth
location on the Changjiang
River at Wai Gao Qiao in
Pudong, Shanghai, LBC
Shanghai Shipping Terminal has
54 tanks including 17 stainless
steel tanks ranging from 650m3
drumming lines and 10

tanker truck loading bays.
Meanwhile, Vopak
continues to expand its storage
facilities in China with the
recent acquisition of a 30%
shareholding in Zhangzhou
Gulei Haiteng Jetty Investment
Management (Haiteng)
which owns a petrochemical
terminal with 890,000m3 of
storage in Fujian provinces
Gulei Industrial Park. Opened
in 2013, the terminal has
long terminal agreements to
provide storage services for two
petrochemical plants, to which
it is connected by pipeline.
Vopak is also expanding
storage capacity in
neighbouring Guangdong
province where work is
underway in Dongguan to
build what will be Vopaks ninth
chemical terminal in China.
The terminal will be capable of
storing 153,000m3 of chemical
to 3,000m3, which provide

66,200 m3 of storage capacity.
Other facilities include
three tanker berths, seven
products, giving Vopak a

combined chemical storage
capacity of about 1.76 million
m3 in China when completed.
Elsewhere, in Hainan
province in southern China,
Vopak is building a major oil
terminal at Yangpu as a joint
venture enterprise with the
State Development Investment
Corporation (SDIC) to handle
crude and petroleum products.
The site chosen for
development is believed to be
suitable for expansion to store
up to 5.2 million m3 of oil and
petroleum products eventually.
Vopak has a 49%
shareholding while SDIC
holds a 51% controlling stake
in the terminal that will be
operated by Vopak. Located
on a 58 hectare site in Yangpu
Economic Development
Zone, the terminal will act
as a transshipment hub
for oil cargoes originating
in the Middle East and
Africa for buyers in Asia.
Phase one of Yangpu
terminal will be capable
of storing 1.32 million m3 of
crude oil and petroleum
products. Facilities being
installed include two jetties,
one with a berth capable

of handling VLCC carriers
up to 375,000 dwt.
According to Vopak,
Yangpu will be the first
third party terminal in
southern China able to
receive VLCCs of this size.
Constructing Yangpu terminal
also marks an important
stage in the development
of oil and petroleum
transshipment and storage
hub operations in China.
Meanwhile, Singaporelisted CEFC International has
announced it is to set up a
joint venture company with its
wholly owned subsidiary, Hong
Kong CEFC Petrochemical
and Energy, and Rizhao Port
Oil Terminal, a subsidiary of
Chinas Rizhao Port Group, to
set up a 600,000m3 capacity
oil storage terminal in Rizhao
Port, Shandong Province.
Rizhao Port Oil Terminal
currently operates oil storage
facilities totalling 750,000m3
in the port where it is the sole
oil storage company.
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TANK TERMINAL
UPDATE ASIA
Denko Trading
Location Burma
Products Oil
Construction / expansion / Construction of an oil storage
acquisition
facility with tanks and terminal on
a 24-acre plot at Thilawa Deep
Sea port under a Build-OperateTransfer (BOT) agreement authorised
by the transportation ministry
and Myanmar Ports Authority
Project start date
February 2014 (announced)
CCCC Second Harbor Engineering

Location
Chaozhou Port, Guangdong

province, China
Products
Refined oil products including
petrol, diesel and jet fuel
Capacity
The tanks will have a combined
storage capacity of 295,000m3
and the facility will have an annual
handling capacity of 3 million tonnes
Construction / expansion / CCCC will be responsible for the
acquisition
initial design of the terminal, in
addition to construction drawing
design and corresponding surveys,
and has signed a contract with
Yihua Petrochemical for a survey
and design on the new facility
Project start date
December 2013 (announced)
Investment
RMB400 million (48.4 million)
Comment
The project also features two
berths, one 50,000 tonnes
and another 2,000 tonnes
Zhoushan Shihua Crude Oil Terminal

Location
Laotangshan port zone, Zhoushan

Island, Zhejiang Province, China
Products
Crude oil
Capacity
18 million tonnes
Construction / expansion / Construction of one 450,000
acquisition
tonne crude oil terminal
and supporting facilities
Project start date Mid-2014
Completion date
Second half of 2016
Investment
RMB328.4 million (39 million)
Comment
It is believed another 15 million
tonnes of crude oil import
capacity will be added when
the project is fully completed
CEFC International/Rizhao Port Group

Location
Rizhao Port, China
Products Oil
Construction / expansion / Construction of oil storage facilities
acquisition
Project start date
July 2014 (announced)
Investment
RMB700 million (85.9 million)
Aegis Group
Location
Pipavav Port, Gujarat, India
Products
Bulk liquid/bulk gas (LPG)
Capacity 70,120kl
Construction / expansion / Over half of the first phase is now
acquisition
operational with a storage capacity
totalling 70,120kl. Once complete,
the facility will consist of a bulk
liquid terminal with 31 tanks totalling
120,000kl and a 2,700 tonne bulk
gas terminal with LPG handling
capacity of 100,000 tonnes
Completion date
Phase one of the project initiated
in February 2013 was scheduled
for commissioning in the second
half of 2015. However, this has been
brought forward by six months
Comment
Once complete, the new
capacity will bring Aegis total
liquid handling capability to
between 3-4 million tonnes
Indian Oil
Location
Una, Himachel Pradesh, India
Products Oil
Construction / expansion / Construction of a storage
acquisition
depot besides a Canteen
Stores Department (CSD) to
facilitate army personnel
Project start date
November 2013 (announced)
Investment
Rs450 crore (5.3 million)
Comment
The project also aims to solve
flood problems that occur
during Unas rainy season
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust

Location
Products
Capacity
Construction / expansion /
acquisition
Project start date

Investment
Jawaharlal Port, Maharashtra, India

Bulk liquids
15 million tonnes a year
Construction of a new
liquids terminal, including
a tank farm spread over 70
hectares and a liquid jetty
August 2013 (announced)
Rs 1,800 crore (20.5 million)
Pertamina
Location
Sambu, Indonesia
Products
Marine fuel oil
Capacity 300,000kl
Construction / expansion / Expansion of the companys
acquisition
marine fuel oil terminal by 90,000kl
Project start date
February 2014
Completion date
First phase upgrades are scheduled
to be completed by 2016, and later
phases are expected to increase
the companys total storage
capacity to 835,000 kilolitres
Investment
First phase $94.8 million
(69.3 million)
Comment
As well as capacity increase,
Pertamina is upgrading its dock
capacity to accommodate ships of
100,000 tonnes, compared with a
current maximum of 40,000 tonnes.

The terminal will also be equipped
with an automation system similar to
those used in Singapore, as well as a
diesel fuel and MFO blending facility
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PT Pelabuhan Indonesia
Location
Products
Capacity
Construction / expansion /
acquisition
Project start date
Investment
Gresik Port, East Java, Indonesia

Bulk liquids
500,000 tonnes a year
Construction of a bulk
liquid storage area
Announced November 2013
IDR 141.7 billion (9.1 million)
Japan Petroleum Exploration

Location
Soma Port, Fukushima

Prefecture, Japan
Products
Liquefied natural gas (LNG)
Construction / expansion / Construction of a new storage
acquisition
terminal in an area that was
severely damaged in the 2011
earthquake and tsunami
Project start date 2014
Completion date 2017
Investment
60 billion yen ($587 million)
Comment
A 40km pipeline linking the new
storage facilities with Natori, Miyagi
Prefecture will also be constructed
Jetti Petroleum
Location
Products
Mariveles, Bataan, the Philippines

Unleaded petrol, automotive diesel,
industrial fuel oil and ethanol
Capacity
70 million litres
Construction / expansion / Construction passed the 50%
acquisition
milestone earlier in June
Completion date
Due to begin operations
in October 2014
Investment
P1 billion (16,787,014)
Singapore LNG
Location
Jurong Island, Singapore
Products LNG
Capacity
6 million tonnes a year
Construction / expansion / Construction of a third storage
acquisition
tank at the terminal, plus
additional regasification facilities
Project start date
The Singapore LNG terminal
commenced operations in May
2013 with two LNG storage tanks
and a regasification capacity
of 3.5 million tonnes per year
Completion date
A fourth tank will be added
by 2017, increasing capacity
to 9 million tonnes
Korea National Oil, Vopak Group and

S-Oil Corp
Location
Ulsan Port, South Korea
Products Oil
Capacity
28.4 million barrels
Construction / expansion / Construction of a new
acquisition
terminal at the port
Completion date
Phase one is expected to be
operating by 2017. Known as the
North Port, its capacity of 9.9 million
barrels on an area of 295,000m2, will
mostly be used to store oil products

The second phase, or the
South Port, will focus on crude
oil and is expected to have a
capacity of 18.5 million barrels
on an area of 604,000m2
Investment
First phase 622.2 billion
won (427 million)

For the second phase, the countrys
energy ministry aims to invest
994.8 billion won by 2020 and set
up a separate joint venture
Tankstore Singapore
Location
Products
Pulau Busing, Singapore

Fuel oil and dirty products,
clean oil products, chemicals
Capacity
2 million m3
Construction / expansion / 800,000m3 capacity expansion to
acquisition
the terminals existing 1.2 million m3
Completion date
2014 (brought forward form
initial date of Q1 2015)
Comment
According to reports, Shell
Singapore has committed to taking
around 530,000m3 of tank space
for fuel oil and dirty products,
Total Singapore 150,000m3 for
similar products, and the remaining
120,000m3 could be set aside either
for clean oil products or chemicals
Seaoil Philippines
Location
Southern Mindanao, the Philippines
Products Oil
Capacity
41 million litres
Completion date
Opened in March 2014
Investment
P500 million (8 million)
Comment
Seaoil operates 10 oil depots
and terminals in the Philippines,
with a combined storage
capacity of 160 million litres
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SungUn Tank Terminal

Company
Location
Products
SungUn Tank Terminal

Ulsan, South Korea
Petrochemical and
petroleum products
Construction / expansion / Construction of a new tank terminal
acquisition
Project start date
July 2013
Completion date
July 2014
Comment
The terminal includes 11 largeand small-sized storage tanks.

SungUn has laid a 2.5km pipeline
between the terminal and Ulsans
new port to facilitate transfer
of products from oil tankers
to the terminal and also plans
to set up a real-time system
for monitoring the process
This list is based on information made available to Tank

Storage magazine at the time of printing. If you would like to
update the list with any additional terminal information for
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Australia ups storage

capacity in the wake
of refinery closures
The new Pelican Point storage
facility was opened on 30
April 2014 at Port Adelaide.
It represents a 50% increase
in the storage capacity of
South Australia. The terminal
is owned and currently
operated by Terminals Pty
and leased to Caltex.
The facilities provide fuel
to industry and local service
stations and serves Australias
growing transport, agricultural
and mining fuel needs. It is
the first large, modern, multiproduct terminal built since the
Vopak Darwin terminal in 2005.
Terminals Pty, Caltex and
Flinders Ports have jointly
invested AU$100 million
(70 million) in the project.
Aurecon undertook the
design of the facilities.
Structural changes to
Australias fuel supply chain
Australia is going through
some major structural changes
in its supply chain, including
the closure of a number of its
refineries. The refineries are
closing for four main reasons:
1. Economies of scale.
Relative to the rest of
the world, Australia
refineries are small and
therefore less efficient.
2. Many Australian refineries
were built in the 1950s and
1960s and are unable to
process heavier imported
crudes without further
significant investment.
3. Operating and engineering
labour costs in Australia
are higher than refining
competitors in Asia
4. The emergence of huge
refineries in the Asia-Pacific
region, notably Singapore,
India and the Middle East.
A single refinery in India is
big enough to produce
double the output of all
Australias refineries.
Closures include: Exxon
Mobils Port Stanvac refinery
(Adelaide, mothballed in
2003); Shells Clyde refinery
(Sydney, refining operations
ceased in 2012); Caltexs
Kurnell (Sydney), which will
close by end 2014; and BPs
announcement to close Bulwer
Island (Brisbane) mid-2015.
The remaining refineries

are BPs Kwinana (Western
Australia); Shells Geelong,
which recently sold to Vitol
of Switzerland; Caltexs
Lytton (Melbourne); and
Exxon-Mobils Altona.
The closure of refineries
is turning the nation into
one of Asias larger fuel
importers. As the demand
for increased importation
of fuels grows, ongoing
investment in petroleum import
infrastructure, particularly bulk
fuel terminal infrastructure,
becomes more important in
ensuring supply security.
Creating a reliable South
Australia fuel supply
With the closure of Exxon
Mobils Port Stanvac refinery
in Adelaide, about 95%
of South Australias fuel is
now supplied by tankship
though Port Adelaide, from
local and overseas refineries
mainly from imports of refined
products from Singapore.
However, supply to the
existing fuel terminals in
Adelaide had been mainly

by pipeline from the refinery.
These terminals therefore do
not have the storage volumes
or berths required for supply
by large fully laden tankships.
This meant that the existing
fuel supply infrastructure
was, for the most part,
inefficient and unreliable.
Tankship berths for the
existing terminals were in Port
Adelaide. Draft restrictions
meant supply could only be by
smaller, partly laden tankships.
Supply to the new terminal is
from a deeper berth at the
Outer Harbor, allowing fully
loaded tankships of 86,000
plus deadweight tonnes.
The new terminal can
store 85 million litres of fuel, in
eight vertical storage tanks
for diesel, three grades of
motor spirits and biodiesel. The
new site has plenty of room
for expansion, with the first
stage expansion plan being
to add 50 million litres of diesel
storage, and convert two of
the existing tanks to jet storage.
The increased storage
has assisted the community
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by increasing Caltexs fuel
reserves above its safety stock
in Adelaide from five days to
32 days when the facility is full.
On the decision for
the new location, national
planning and optimisation
manager for Caltex Terminals,
Paul OLoughlin, says: With
increased storage capacity
and the supply chain now
open to deeper berthing
facilities, constraints that
contributed to fuel shortages
across Adelaide and South
Australia over recent years
have been eliminated
and the fuel reliability into
the state improved.
The Outer Harbor location
also removes the facility from
the suburbs to an industrial
precinct, thereby reducing
risks to the community.
The new terminal has
facilities to load out to road
tankwagons in three bays,
with plans to add loadout to
rail tankwagons in the future,
and room to add one more
road tankwagon bay.
Increasing efficiencies
The purpose-built import
fuel terminal, at Adelaides
Outer Harbor, is markedly
more efficient than Caltexs
existing Birkenhead terminal
in Port Adelaide. The historic
facility has now received
its last tankship delivery.
Each of the three bays
at the new terminal has
five loading arms, with
each arm able to deliver
at 2,400 litres per minute. To
date this accommodates
about 48 trucks per day,
allowing 63 million litres to be
loaded out in one month.
The terminal is fed via
marine loading arms, and
two 14 wharflines. This allows
tankship delivery at 3 million
litres per hour, thus reducing
tankship turnaround times.
In attendance at the opening ceremony were V8 Supercar racing car drivers Craig Lowndes and
Jamie Whincup
the risks to the environment.
The entire project was
designed using different 3D
software modelling packages
for pipework, civil and
structural. These were then
combined in the 3D viewing
package Navisworks, for full
project visualisation and clash
checking. Caltex and Terminals
Pty could use a free copy of
Navisworks to review the design
as it progressed. Navisworks
also allowed for remote client/
designer interaction using
screen sharing software.
Aurecons role spanned
detailed design and
documentation of all aspects
of the facility, including
preparation and submission of
the development application
for approval by the authorities,
and the provision of technical
assistance during the 18
month construction and
commissioning period. The
latter allowed Terminals Pty
to fast track the project to
meet the deadline for the

first fuel shipment, received
on 14 February 2014.
By replacing an old
terminal with an ultramodern
facility, which includes features
such as: renewable biofuels
blending, vapour recovery
to convert vapours back
into fuel, foam and spray
cooling fire protection and
secondary containment
using an HDPE liner system,
this project substantially
reduces environmental risk.
In addition to the
environmental protection
and sustainability aspects, the
facility design includes the
following high-tech features:
storm water management
utilising a first flush pit combined
with a Class 1 European oil/
water separator discharging
to a wetland detention
basin; additive injection using
mono block metering; road
tankwagon overfill protection
and vapour recovery; and
site office and control room

with an integrated terminal
automation system.
A fitting partnership
Underpinning the success of
the design and construction
was the basis of design
document for the facility.
Working closely with Terminals
Pty and Caltex, Aurecon
was able to create an
efficient design, using the
latest technology, which
met the stringent standards
required of both parties.
The project team was
responsible for geotechnical,
civil, mechanical, fire
protection and electrical
engineering services.
The use of 3D modelling
worked really well in the
design review process. It drove
efficiencies in stakeholder
engagement; enabling the
sharing of designs across a
far broader audience than
those with the ability to read
and understand information
contained on drawings, and
allowing operators to visualise
what the end product would
look like, rather than seeing a
one dimensional drawing. It
also delivered savings in the
design process, through real
time pickup and rectification
of issues as they arose.
Efficient design
Ensuring supply security
needed an advanced facility
that substantially reduced
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The terminal includes eight tanks storing three grades of motor
spirits, diesel and biodiesel
This article was written by

Tim Labett: tim.labett@
aurecongroup.com
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