TERMINAL NEWS: ASIA & PACIFIC

Impala Terminals Opens Terminal At Kwinana Bay

Impala Terminals has officially opened its first Australian energy import, storage and distribution terminal, Kwinana Bay, western Australia.

Strategically located next to the Kwinana Bulk Jetty (KBJ), Impala Terminals Kwinana will bring fuel distributors alternatives to serve Perth and the surrounding region, creating a more resilient energy market and greater supply security.

The new terminal, which has been in operation since last October, has a storage capacity of 225 million litres/1.4 million barrels, with 11 bulk tanks, four day tanks and a butane tank. The facility includes a diesel express lane which significantly reduces loading time for delivery vehicles, and is equipped with the latest equipment and automation systems. The terminal is currently handling diesel and gasoline, as well as butane for blending, and is supported by a strategic anchor customer.

Inpex Revises Plan For Abadi Lng Project

Japan’s Inpex Corp has submitted a revised development plan to the Indonesian government authorities for the Abadi liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, now incorporating a carbon capture and storage (CCS) component.

Japan’s biggest oil and natural gas explorer submitted the revised plan of development on behalf of its joint venture with Shell after amending it to include plans to neutralise all carbon emitted from natural gas production at the Abadi gas field through CCS.

Inpex expects to sequentially resume activities associated with the project, including various on-site activities, with an aim to reach a final investment decision in the latter half of the 2020s and commence production in the early 2030s.

Stolt Nielsen Anticipated To Win Construction Bid

Stolt Nielsen looks likely to win a development contract for a storage project which will involve the construction of 4 million barrels of petrochemicals at Jurong Prot in Singapore, according to Reuters. The deal, which includes storage and terminal work, is expected to be worth about $300 million (€228 million) and is part of the development being built on the western edge of Singapore.

The contract was meant to have been handed out in December but now the decision on what company will be awarded it is expected to be made within the coming few months.

Included in the new project plans is 3.15 million barrels of oil storage, while the remaining 750,000 barrels will hold chemicals.

Neste To Start Production At Singapore Renewable Fuels Expansion

Finnish biofuel producer Neste plans to start commercial production at its renewable fuels expansion project in Singapore in the coming weeks after trial runs.

Neste plans to inaugurate the 1.3 million tonne-per-annum (tpa) plant next month. The plant will boost Neste’s sustainable aviation fuel capacity by up to 1 million tpa, in addition to a 500,000 tpa project at its Rotterdam plant.

The Singapore expansion and production from a new joint venture plant in California with Marathon Oil Corp hopes to increase Neste’s biofuels capacity to reach 5.5 million tpa by end of 2023, up from 3.3 million tpa.

Jera And Kogas Sign Mou For Lng

Fuel energy company, JERA has announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS), regarding cooperation in the LNG business.

Under this MoU, for the sake of securing supply stability of LNG, JERA and KOGAS agreed to discuss opportunities for mutual collaboration in the LNG business including LNG swaps, trading, ship optimisation, and market view exchange.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created a severe energy environment, such as the reduction of pipeline gas supply to Europe, and the uncertainty regarding global energy supply is drastically increasing. In response to these circumstances, under this MoU, JERA and KOGAS will strengthen their strategic relationship and consider developing schemes of cooperation regarding their LNG supply and demand, to enhance stable energy supply in Japan and Korea.

We commit to simplify your project, with an e ective heating solution, with every BTU in mind. QMax Tank Heating Solutions are designed to maintain specific process temperatures or provide rapid heat-up inside Tanks, Vessels and other containers using internal tank heating or external tank heating.

Technip Energies Awarded Contract

BY JUHUA

Technip Energies has been awarded a contract by Ningbo Juhua Chemical & Science Co (Juhua) for a 1.3-propanediol (PDO) plant with a capacity of 72 kta(1) and a 150 kta polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) plant in Zhejiang, China.

These two products are based on Technip Energies’ proprietary Zimmer PDO and PTT technologies to strengthen and expand Juhua’s petrochemical new materials business.

PDO technology was originally developed by Shell and Shell Catalysts & Technologies will be the catalyst supplier to the PDO plant.

Bhaskar Patel, SVP sustainable fuels, chemicals and circularity of Technip Energies, says: ‘We are very pleased that Juhua has selected two of our polymer technologies for the expansion of their facility in Ningbo. This is the first commercial scale application of our PDO technology, which produces a high quality monomer with excellent raw material utilisation as feedstock for our PTT technology.’

PDO is a colourless, odourless organic chemical that can be used in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and plastics manufacturing fields. It is also the feedstock for PTT, a high performance and versatile polyester, used in the manufacturing of high quality carpet and textiles.

India

Hpcl And Bpcl Sign Mou For Hydrogen Synergy

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between HPCL Mumbai Refinery and BPCL Mumbai Refinery for the purchase and sale of hydrogen.

The MoU is a one-of-a-kind strategic partnership between two companies to create synergy for mutual aid during emergencies and towards environmental impact by minimising valuable hydrogen flaring.

The initiative aims to achieve cooperation and collaboration in the areas of hydrogen exchange between refineries for sustained refinery operations and uninterrupted product availability.