May 2022 | Storage Terminals Magazine

Crowley milestone

Crowley has inaugurated its state-of-the-art LNG loading terminal in the southern town of Peñuelas. According to the company, the LNG facility...

TWTG deliver sensors

TWTG, the I-IoT hardware company based in Rotterdam, has delivered the first 2,500 NEON Vibration Sensors to Shell Energy and Chemicals Park...

Re-Gen MD awarded

Fintan Duffy, managing director of Re-Gen Robotics was presented the Outstanding Achievement Award at the 5th Global Tank Storage Awards 2022...

Nordsol milestone

The Netherlands’ first bio-LNG plant has now achieved a production milestone of one million kilograms, enabling about four million kilometres of...

New EIB report

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has published a report on investors’ views on how the public sector can help to address the risks and...

Samsung/Technip JV

Samsung Engineering and Technip Energies expect to form a joint venture (JV) after pre-FID engineering, which, under the terms of the pre-FID...

Duplex for Rotterdam

When specialist tank builder GPI Tanks XL built new capacity for storage leasing company Maastank International at the Port of Rotterdam in 2021...

Terra/Sietech SLA

Terra Inspectioneering BV and Sitech Services BV have entered into a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the next three years. The main goal of...

VTTI/ECHAC JV

VTTI and EIT InnoEnergy’s European Green Hydrogen Acceleration Centre (EGHAC), supported by Breakthrough Energy, have agreed to jointly develop...

StocExpo’s return

StocExpo, the world’s biggest platform for the tank storage industry, made a triumphant return with over 150 exhibitors, thousands of visitors...

SCP/Panama JV

A team of foremost energy industry companies led by SGP BioEnergy has joined the government of Panama to announce the development of one of the...

Ethos champions changes

The energy crisis has caused a wave of rising prices in economies across the globe. EthosEnergy helps companies and power plants reduce operating...

Xycle’s construction

Xycle is about to commence construction of a plant in the port of Rotterdam that will convert 20,000 tonnes of non-mechanically recyclable...

Venture mammoth financing

Venture Global LNG has taken a final investment decision (FID) on its Plaquemines LNG, with the largest project financing package globally...

Stolthaven Terminals sale

Commenting on the sale, Stolthaven Teminals President, Guy Bessant, said “This divestment follows a strategic review of our terminal portfolio...

StocExpo winners

Terminal of the Future: Gold: Exolum’s San Fernando de Henares – Torrejón de Ardoz terminal, Spain Silver: Vesta Terminal, the Netherlands...

Virši/Skulte deal

Virši-A (Virši) signed a contract with JSC Skulte LNG terminal on the acquisition of 20 percent of the company’s shares. Plans were announced...

TES wins project

Tree Energy Solutions’ (TES) import terminal has been included in the list of priority projects supported by the German government’s LNG...

Latin imports soar

US refiners imported about 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude and fuel oil from Latin America in April, the highest in seven months...

China grabs barrels

China added 2 million bpd to its crude oil inventories last month, Reuters’ Clyde Russell reported, citing calculations based on official data...

Biogas to hydrogen

A development team from CoorsTek Membrane Sciences, in collaboration with international research partners, have successfully used ceramic...

LNG Canada project

Concerns about energy security prompted by Russia’s attack on Ukraine helped reignite discussions about BC’s prospects for liquefied natural gas...

Aegis Vopak Indian partnership

Aegis Vopak Terminals will become the largest independent tank storage company for LPG and chemicals in India. LPG is earmarked by the Indian...

CB&I signs MoU

Last year, South Korea announced plans to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 by replacing coal-fired power generation with renewable sources and...

Prefchem restart

A 300,000 barrel-per-day refinery-petrochemical complex in Malaysia run as a joint venture between Petronas and Saudi Aramco has restarted after...

Pertamina: CCU

Pertamina and Air Liquide Indonesia have agreed to collaborate in developing carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technology at the Balikpapan...

BP/Linde partner

BP and Linde have announced plans to advance a major carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Texas, US, that will enable low-carbon...

CB&I Awarded STI/SPFA

McDermott's storage business, CB&I, was presented with two Field-Erected Tank of the Year awards by the Steel Tank Institute/Steel Plate...

CNOOC completion

The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the country's leading liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplier, has said it has completed the...

BHP merger

Woodside shareholders have voted to approve the proposed merger with the petroleum business of BHP Group Ltd at the company’s Annual General...

Ireland’s biggest source

The critical role of gas in Ireland’s energy mix came to the fore again in April, reliably generating more than half the country’s electricity as...

Moroccan hydrogen

Morocco and the Netherlands are boosting green hydrogen production cooperation, announced by delegations from both countries following a...

OPW at ILTA

OPW Engineered Systems will exhibit its complete terminal equipment offering at this year's International Liquid Terminals Association (ILTA)...

China resumes

China’s private refining complex Shenghong Petrochemical has resumed crude oil purchases ahead of the commissioning of its new refinery, a...

ExxonMobil agreement

ExxonMobil has agreed to long-term deals to buy 2 million mt/year of LNG from Venture Global LNG liquefaction projects in the US, the companies...

Europe benefits

At least three vessels carrying crude oil from US emergency stockpiles sailed for Europe in April as refiners there scrambled to replace...