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HYDROCARBON
ENGINEERING
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IN BRIEF
USA |
Rail facility expansion
J
P Energy Partners LP has initiated
the expansion of its existing rail
facilities at its North Little Rock
refined products terminal to allow
for unit train deliveries of ethanol.
The upgrades will materially improve
the terminal’s ethanol offloading
efficiency and capacity, allowing for
offloading of up to 108 car unit
trains. The expansion project will
utilise existing infrastructure at the
site, including up to 4.5 million gal.
of ethanol storage and will be
capable of blending and distributing
up to 9 million gal./month. The
terminal offers a full suite of
blending capabilities onsite, allowing
customers to select conventional
blends, E15, E85, or E100 Product
access is available 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
Separately, JP Energy has executed
an interconnection agreement with
an affiliate of Magellan Midstream
Partners, L.P. to connect the
North Little Rock refined products
terminal to Magellan’s Little Rock
pipeline. The interconnection will
allow JP Energy’s customers to deliver
to the terminal via Enterprise Product
Partners’ TEPPCO pipeline or
Magellan’s Little Rock pipeline,
providing access to both Gulf Coast
and Midcontinent refineries.
USA |
Lease for storage
A
merican Midstream Partners, LP,
has announced the execution of
a multiple year, fee-based agreement
with a major refinery customer to
lease 650 000 bbls of storage
capacity at the Harvey terminal,
located on the Mississippi River in
the Port of New Orleans. The
partnership expects the total storage
capacity at Harvey to increase to
approximately 1.1 million bbls in 2016.
The partnership’s total storage
capacity has increased by
approximately 40%, or 500 000 bbls,
since the acquisition of the terminals
segment in 2013. The buildout of the
Harvey terminal is ahead of
expectations, increasing more than
100% in 2015 with the addition of
300 000 bbls of incremental storage
capacity, all of which is leased under
multiple year, firm storage contracts.
The Netherlands |
Gate terminal growth
I
n 2015, the throughput of LNG via
the Gate terminal on the
Maasvlakte 2 increased for the
fourth year in a row. In 2015, 49 ships
were loaded and unloaded by
customers of Gate. In 2014, this
number was 34 vessels.
Of all the ships that were
unloaded at the terminal, 21 were
from Norway, Qatar and Algeria. The
number of large tankers that were
supplied doubled from seven to 14,
while the number of small scale
tankers (up to 20 000 m
3
) rose to
14 (2014: 13). 17 vessels moored for
the first time at Gate terminal in
2015.
Large tankers shipped the LNG to
Argentina, Brazil, the UAE, Mexico,
Jordan, South Korea, Egypt and India.
The smaller tankers supplied LNG to
Sweden and Norway.
Since 2015, Gate terminal has
offered transhipment services. In
2016, the service portfolio will be
expanded. Starting in mid-2016, small
scale tankers will be loaded at the
special loading arm of LNG Break
Bulk Rotterdam (LBBR), which is
currently under construction.
USA
Arc Logistics Partners LP has entered into
an agreement to acquire from Gulf Oil
Ltd Partnership, following the purchase of
Gulf Oil by affiliates of ArcLight Capital
Partners LLC, four refined products
terminals. The terminals are located in
Altoona, Mechanicsburg, Dupont and South
Williamsport, Pennsylvania. This acquisition
will extend the partnership’s operational
footprint into the state of Pennsylvania.
WORLDWIDE
Matrix Service Company has completed the
acquisition of Baillie Tank Equipment (BTE),
an internationally-based company with
nearly 20 years of experience in the design
and manufacture of products for use on
aboveground storage tanks. Going forward,
the business will be known as Matrix
Applied Technologies. Its initial focus will
be on aboveground storage tank products
and appurtenances, supported by ongoing
engineering, research and development.
USA
Emerson Process Management has been
tapped by Cameron LNG to help automate
its new liquefaction project, adding three
LNG trains to facilitate export of domestic
natural gas to international market. Cameron
has chosen Emerson Process Management
to provide automation expertise and
technologies that will help Cameron manage
the LNG facility’s operations safely and
efficiently. The estimated value of the
project to Emerson is US$20 million.
USA
Enterprise Products Partners L.P has
increased the loading rate at its liquefied
petroleum gas (LPG) export terminal on the
Houston Ship Channel from 16 500 bph to
approximately 27 500 bph of capacity. The
incremental capacity was achieved through
the completion of a new refrigeration train
that increases loading capabilities at the
terminal from 9 million bbls/month to
16 million bbls/month of LPG.
