Tanks & terminals

Vopak Moda Houston has announced that it has commissioed its fully operational marine terminal in the Port of Houston.

NOLA Oil Terminal, LLC has announced that it has begun construction on phase one of an oil and refined products terminal project in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, US.

The company has committed US$35 million to fund the expansion of one of its terminal storage assets in South Texas, US, in order to increase the throughput and onsite blending capacity.

INEOS FPS has announced plans to deploy AI-driven optimisation technology at its Kinneil Terminal in Grangemouth, UK.

SLNG and Linde have signed an MoU to explore the feasibility and development of a CO2 liquefaction and storage facility, located on Jurong Island, Singapore.

Infrastructure expansion works at the Okianus Terminals in Colombia – which will guarantee the self-sufficiency of the national LPG market – have been inaugurated.

Under the agreement, the companies will cooperate in the procurement of imported natural gas resources; construction and utilisation of urban gas storage tanks; and supply of natural gas to downstream companies.

Global Energy Storage has announced its first major investment at Europoort in the Port of Rotterdam.

The Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association (EEMUA) has welcomed LBC Tank Terminals Group BV into membership.

Phillips 66 has announced plans to convert its Alliance Refinery into a terminal facility following damage from Hurricane Ida.

WEG has been awarded a contract to deliver a combined solution to the Ras Markaz Crude Oil Park project in Oman.

Implico Group has welcomed Dr Volker Braun as CTO and Managing Director.

European gas storage has been struggling to fill this summer, with Wood Mackenzie predicting storage at the beginning of November to be about 75% full, at 83 billion m³, 14 billion m³ below the five-year average.

Vopak has announced that it is investigating the strategic options for its terminals in Australia.

The new terminal has been designed and built by Vopak to serve Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, a joint venture to build and operate a world-scale plastics manufacturing facility in San Patricio County, Texas, US.