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Manila’s Department of Energy (DOE) has welcomed investment from Isla Import Terminals Inc (IITI) for a new LPG import terminal in Batangas City, Philippines. The ITTI facility has a total storage capacity of 25kT of propane, butane and mixed LPG, designed to receive pressurised LPG, and propane and butane shipments from very large gas carriers, for country-wide distribution. Energy…
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The Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) intends to build one new storage tank before the end of the year as part of its strategic petroleum reserve and oil storage facility deal with Maharlika Investment Corporation. While PNOC are contributing assets private operators to manage the facility, Maharlika will act as a capital provider. The overall investment will be around P5 billion (€69.3…
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Crews have begun to dismantle three out-of-service storage tanks at the Nippon Dynawave Longview mill where a catastrophic tank failure in May 2026 caused the deaths of 11 workers. The three tanks being dismantled are the Weak Wash Tank, No 4 White Liquor Tank and G-Tank, the latter being the tank that failed. Efforts to return the site to operations include draining, inspecting, and repairing…
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Twinsity has released V2 of its Observation Profile Builder software; the largest update since it launched. The AI software is aimed at inspection teams and can be used for inspection terminal sites, tanks and other energy infrastructure. The new version has upgraded the project management area, replacing separate pages with one place that includes projects, workspaces, people and Observation…
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A significant fire broke out on Monday 17 August at the Explorer Pipeline Glenpool oil and gas storage facility in Oklahoma, US, causing authorities to evacuate nearby residents and schools to issue a shelter-in-place order. While the exact cause of the fire is still under investigation, lighting due to severe weather was reported in the area around the same time. As of Monday afternoon,…
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CEO of Gadot Europe, Wim De Windt, speaks to Anamika Talwaria about the Belgium terminal’s latest award win Situated in Ghent’s North Sea Port, Gadot’s Belgium terminal benefits from an excellent strategic location. The 23-hectare site has direct access to both sea and inland waterways, combining storage with distribution and contract manufacturing activities. ‘That includes things like…
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Grain LNG, a 50/50 joint venture between Centrica and Energy Capital Partners (ECP), has appointed Peter Abdo as chief executive officer, effective from 1 October 2026. Abdo has more than 30 years of experience across the global LNG, natural gas, power and commodities markets, recently serving as chief commercial officer LNG and global origination at Uniper. Abdo says: ‘I am delighted to…
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Sri Lanka’s government has given the green light to the construction of three new storage tanks at the Muthurajawela terminal. The project will be a joint venture between M/s Indo-East Engineering & Construction and Ceylex Engineering, and funded by Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals. The project contract is worth Rs. 2.8 billion (€2.5 million) and will involve building two storage…
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A blast at a petroleum products storage facility in Moezelweg, Europoort, the Netherlands on Thursday 13 August at around 11:30 CEST has killed one person and wounded six others, according to a report from Reuters. Major energy commodities trading company Gunvor reported an ‘incident’ occurred during maintenance on one of its storage tanks. Initial police reports found no immediate…
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VTTI’s terminal in Ploce, Croatia, has commissioned an upgraded operational technology (OT) network for its terminal operations. The upgrade will increase the network capacity ‘tenfold’. The upgrade will strengthen VTTI Croatia’s network capacity, resilience and scalability, allowing for safe and reliable terminal operations. The terminal has a capacity of 176,000m3, with plans to…
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CB&I has filled its large-scale liquid hydrogen (LH2) storage tank at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center Hydrogen Test Facility (HTF) for the first time, using non-vacuum insulation technology. The technology project is led by CB&I, Shell, NASA, GenH2 and the University of Houston to develop and validate affordable LH2 storage solutions. CB&I’s 20m3 tank has been integrated…
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Wafi Energy Pakistan unveils a 7.4 million litre gasoline storage tank at its Tarru Jabba terminal in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority members, led by senior executive director (Enforcement) Sohail Ahmed Tariq. At the ceremony, Wafi Energy Pakistan commented that around 300,000 work hours over one year were…
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Louisiana LNG’s $17.5 billion (€15.1 billion) Gulf Coast terminal project is under construction, with two LNG storage tanks and three LNG trains being built. The site will be at Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, between Houston and New Orleans. Each tank will have a capacity of 235,000m3. Project timelines will now focus on completing the walls of the storage tanks before roof installation, and…
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Aegis Logistics has signed a framework agreement with its subsidiary Aegis Vopak Terminals (AVTL) to build an additional refrigerated propane storage tank and its associated facilities at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) tank farm in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The propane storage tank will have a capacity of 51,998 tonnes and have specifications including refrigerated double…
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Dangote Industries Namibia begins the environmental approval process for a petroleum storage terminal at Walvis Bay, Namibia, after applying for an environmental clearance certificate to subdivide 70 hectares of industrial land into six development parcels. The petroleum storage terminal, costing N$330 billion (€17.6 billion), will have a capacity of 1.6 million barrels and serve customers…
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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management Hanford team has advanced the cleanup of the Hanford Site, Washington State, after completing seven months of removing radioactive waste from a 24th underground storage tank. Hanford Tank Waste Operations and Closure (H2C) staff transferred about 79,000 gallons of waste from single-shell Tank A-106 to a double-shell tank…
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J T Grup has the green light to build a new terminal for petroleum products in Port Tișovita, Orșova, Romania, after obtaining a building permit. The project includes the construction of a terminal with four aboveground storage tanks for liquid fuels, as well as the facilities needed for its operation. The company also successfully completed technological tests at its Constanta, Romania,…
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Peninsula and Evos have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop biofuel storage infrastructure at Evos’ terminal in the Port of Algeciras, located on the Strait of Gibraltar. The Evos Algeciras expansion project will include the development of up to 60,000 m3 of storage capacity for Peninsula, and provide dedicated storage and handling capacity for low-carbon marine fuels. Evos will…
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Low water levels on the river Rhine, which connects the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) hub to tank farms, have tightened oil product supply in Western Germany, resulting in restricted barge deliveries and inland tank farms being cut off. The key bottleneck at Kaub saw levels fall below 0.3m last week. At this level, most barges can’t pass, meaning deliveries from ARA to tank farms based…
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Trade union for the port sector FNV Havens has announced members will strike at the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on Friday 4 September between 11:15-19:00 in response to the Dutch government’s plans to cut social security by €6.5 billion. FNV Havens members at ports in Amsterdam, Vlissingen and Terneuzen will also take part, with other FNV departments including FNV Regional Transport,…
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