March 2016 | Storage Terminals Magazine

Texas court throws out DOT 111

A US district judge has sided with rail company BNSF in its legal battle with the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) trade..

GC exports bounce back

Crude oil exports from the US Gulf Coast picked up again mid-March 14 after a 10 day lull, according to Genscape. Since 14 March, about...

Inter Terminals extends EEMUA

Inter Terminals has extended its membership of EEMUA to include its Swedish and Danish operations. This means all of the company’s...

AL sites boost World Point res

World Point Terminals LP posted a US$0.6 million increase in net income for 2015. Adjusted EBITDA rose $5.8 million. Revenues increased...

Valero shuffles terminal busin

30.03.16. Valero Energy Partners LP has announced that the board of directors of its general partner has approved the partnership’s acquisit

Extra LNG tank slated for Sode

Japan’s Tokyo Gas Co reportedly plans to build a new LNG tank at the Sodegaura LNG terminal on Tokyo Bay. Citing a company spokesman...

Gothenburg opens new cavern

Sweden’s Port of Gothenburg has begun operations at an underground oil storage cavern. The cavern is 600,000 cbm and will be operated by...

Koole expands

Koole Tankstorage is expanding capacity at its Rotterdam-Pernis terminal. Recently, Koole bought a neighbouring biodiesel plant from...

CB&I wins Edmonton contract

CB&I has been awarded a contract in excess of US$50 million by a major energy infrastructure company for the engineering, procurement and...

Motiva asset division on the c

Saudi Aramco and Shell have announced plans to break up Motiva Enterprises LLC and divided the assets between them. Motiva was formed in...

Erkelens to head up Odfjell Te

Odfjell Terminals has appointed a new CEO. Frank Erkelens will take charge of the group’s global terminal business from 1 May 2016...

Chile, Ecuador expansion for Q

QC Terminales has increased its capacity in both Chile and Ecuador. Since QC acquired facilities in San Antonio (Chile) and Guayaquil...

Chevron ships first Gorgon LNG

Chevron’s first shipment of LNG from the Gorgon Project has departed Barrow Island off the northwest coast of Western Australia. The cargo

Prax completes Jarrow acquisit

11.03.16. Prax Terminals has completed the acquisition of the Jarrow fuels terminal from Shell. The terminal, located near Newcastle Upon...

Geldof to build LBC tanks

11.03.16. Geldof has been contracted to build new tanks at LBC’s Rotterdam (Netherlands) terminal. LBC’s investment will triple storage ...

Mariner East 1 opens

11.03.16. Sunoco Logistics Partners has announced that Mariner East 1, the first pipeline in the larger Mariner East system, is now trans...

Pipeline ruling worries midstr

10.03.16. A US bankruptcy judge has ruled that Sabine Oil & Gas can reject contracts it made with midstream companies before oil & gas pr...

Paradigm to build new ND syste

10.03.16. Paradigm Midstream Services – ND has finalised an agreement with an undisclosed private company to construct a new crude oil ga...

OK ramps up earthquake plans

08.03.16. The state of Oklahoma is ramping up its earthquake preparedness in response to a growing risk of tremors. Oklahoma Corporation...

St James filling up – Genscape

08.03.16. Lower refinery demand is driving crude stocks at the St James, Louisiana hub to record highs, according to Genscape. Crude sto...

Puma joins World Economic Foru

08.03.16. The energy firm, which says it is the fastest growing independent fuel distribution company in Africa, will attend the 26th Wor...

Broken rail linked to Lynchbur

07.03.16. A broken rail has been cited as the probable cause of a crude oil train crash in Lynchburg, Virginia last year.
The cr...

Gunvor offloads NFOT

07.03.16. Gunvor Group has completed the sale of the Novorossiysk Fuel Oil Terminal to a subsidiary of OJSC Transneft. The commodities trade

Better bulk delivery from Emco

07.03.16. Two new products from Emco Wheaton are designed to make the process of delivering bulk liquids more effectively Using the EW Sele

Oman to feature at Tank World

07.03.16. A strong focus on Oman will be a feature of the Tank World Expo 2016 conference.
Taking place at the Dubai World Trade...