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Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan

TURKMENNEBITONUMLERI

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Products: Refined oil products Capacity: 10,000 m3

Construction/Expansion/Acquisition:

State enterprise Turkmennebitonumleri (Turkmen Oil Products) has completed construction work on six new oil products tanks with a total capacity of 10,000 m3 at its Zerger complex. The facility is fed by the Turkmenbashi Oil Processing Complex (TOPC), including the Turkmenbashi and Seydi refineries which between them have a capacity of 10 million tpa Comment: Turkmennebitonumleri also plans to construct a further eight tanks, each with a 100 m3 capacity.

STANLOW TERMINALS

Products: Biofuels Capacity: 300,000 m3

Construction/Expansion/Acquisition:

Stanlow Terminals has announced a three-year plan to develop the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex and Tranmere Terminal in the Port of Liverpool, which will be the UK’s largest biofuels storage hub. Comment: The facility will allow customers to store, blend and distribute biofuels suitable as drop-in replacement transport fuels for the road, aviation and marine sectors.

OKIANUS TERMINALS

Products: LPG Capacity: 1.4 million gallons (5.3 million L)

Construction/Expansion/Acquisition:

Colombia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy has begun expansion works at Okianus Terminals for imports of LPG. The phase II expansion works will increase the storage capacity from 400,000 to 1.4 million gallons. Additionally, the number of tanker truck loading positions will increase from five to 10.

VTTI

Products: Petroleum products Capacity: 333,484 m3

Construction/Expansion/Acquisition:

VTTI has bought a 90% stake in IL&FS Prime Terminals FZC (IPTF). The remaining 10% remains with the Fujairah government. An expansion is underway which will take the terminal’s capacity to more than 780,000 m3 . Comment: IL&FS says that selling the stake has allowed it to repay a debt of INR 7.58 billion (€90.6 million) to lenders.

PETROBRAS

Products: Refined oil products Investment: BRL 558.2 million (€86.98 million)

Construction/Expansion/Acquisition:

Petrobras bought the lease for the STS08A area in the Port of Santos, which covers 297,349 m², from Brazil’s National Waterway Transport Agency (ANTAQ) for a contractual term of 25 years. Petrobras paid BRL 558.2 million for the lease and expects to invest around BRL 120 million in developing the terminal. Comment: ANTAQ says that the global gross revenue of the contract will reach BRL 7.207 billion, with expected movement of 140 million tonnes.

Liverpool, UK

Cartagena, Colombia

Comment: The new capacity will allow monthly imports of up to 16,000 tons of LPG. Imbitub, which covers 7,455 m², from Brazil’s National Waterway Transport Agency (ANTAQ) for a contractual term of 10 years. Fertisanta will invest BRL 25 million in developing the terminal. Comment: ANTAQ says that the global gross revenue of the contract will reach BRL 145 million with expected movement of 1.6 million tonnes.

Fujairah, UAE

Santos, Brazil

Imbitub, Brazil

FERTILIZANTES SANTA CATARINA (FERTISANTA)

Products: Fertilisers Investment: BRL 200,000 (€30,840)

Construction/Expansion/Acquisition:

Brazilian fertiliser company Fertilizantes Santa Catarina (Fertisanta) bought the lease for the IMB05 area in the Port of

Ruwais, UAE

ADNOC, AD PORTS

Products: Chemical feedstocks and products

Construction/Expansion/Acquisition:

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Logistics and Services (ADNOC L&S) and AD Ports Group will develop a new port and liquids terminal at TA’ZIZ chemicals production and industrial hub. It will have a tank farm with ten product tanks and a feedstock storage tank. The port will have loading and unloading facilities, two liquid berths, both 640 m long, and a 320 m dry bulk berth. Comment: TA’ZIZ is expected to begin chemicals production in 2025.

TRANSMONTAIGNE

Products: Renewable fuels

Construction/Expansion/Acquisition:

TransMontaigne Partners has completed its acquisition of SeaPort Financing. It now has a 100% membership interest in SeaPort Sound Terminal, which owns a liquid products terminal in Tacoma, a 51% membership interest in SeaPort Midstream Partners, which owns liquid products terminals in Seattle and Portland, and a 30% membership interest in Olympic Pipeline Company, which owns the Olympic Pipeline between Blaine and Portland. Comment: SeaPort Financing was a portfolio company of ArcLight Energy Partners Fund VI.

Various, US

Rotterdam, the Netherlands

GES

Products: Low carbon fuels

Construction/Expansion/Acquisition:

Energy transition focused Global Energy Storage (GES) has bought an interest in Gunvor Group’s Stargate Terminal. GES plans to develop more than 20 hectares including a new multi-purpose seagoing jetty, storage for renewable fuels, gas storage, gas to chemicals production, green and blue hydrogen, and hydrogen carriers such as ammonia. Comment: Gunvor will be a longterm partner of GES to support the development of environmentally responsible projects.

Various, Japan

KKR

Products: Chemicals Capacity: >300,000 m3

Construction/Expansion/Acquisition:

KKR has bought Central Tank Terminal (CTT) from an affiliate of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA). CTT has more than 300,000 m3 of storage capacity split between seven terminals located near strategic hubs and ports near Tokyo Bay, Osaka Bay, Nagoya and Kitakyushu. Comment: The transaction is expected to be completed by Q4 2021.

Various, South Africa

SAKHUMNOTHO

Products: Fuel oil, waste oil, petrochemicals Capacity: 12 million L

Construction/Expansion/Acquisition:

African investment company Sakhumnotho Group Holdings has bought an initial 26% stake in the Refinex and South African Tank Terminals (SATT) holding company. Refinex offers bulk fuel oil supplies, and together with SATT offers processing, manufacturing, blending, transport and storage of petrochemicals. SATT’s terminal in Roodekop Germiston has storage available for both Refinex and external customers. Comment: As Sakhumnotho is wholly black-owned, the deal provides Refinex and SATT with Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) credits, under the government scheme set up in South Africa to address the inequalities of Apartheid and support black businesses.

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