Name of the Project
Sunrise Energy Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) import terminal.

Location
Saldanha Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.

Client
Sunrise Energy is majority owned by MOGS (60%), a subsidiary of Royal Bafokeng Holdings (RBH), with the State-owned Industrial Development Corporation (31%) and Illitha Group Holdings (9%) as minority participants.

Project Description
The project’s terminal facilities include a multibuoy mooring (MBM) system, located in Big Bay, Saldanha Bay for the berthing  of LPG tankers. The MBM is connected BY a 3.2 km pipeline to an on-land storage facility.

The LPG  will be discharged  from ships at the MBM and transported to the onshore terminal by a subsea and overland pipeline to the onshore terminal, where the LPG will be batched and stenched to SANS 1774 specification, before being dispatched to customers using road/rail loading, direct cylinder filling, or a pipeline to downstream customers or storage facilities. 

Phase 1 of the Sunrise Energy terminal consists of 5 500 metric tons  of storage,  and will allow for the throughput of  up to 16 500 metric tons a month  of LPG. The project is designed in a modular way to respond to growth in demand, with an ultimate storage capacity of 16 500 t (after the implementation of Phases 2 and 3), with an ultimate  throughput capacity of 49 500 metric tons a month or  594 000 metric tons a year.

The LPG terminal will be an open-access facility – it can be used by  LPG  importers, distributors or downstream user to import LPG.  This will ensure easier entry for all participants in the LPG distribution sector.

Subsequent phases will be suited for the delivery of LPG to a power generation project in Saldanha, should it be required.

Jobs to be Created
The construction portion of Phase 1 is providing about 450 jobs. Once the terminal is completed, an operational staff complement of about 60 personnel will be required.

Value
Phase 1 will cost an estimated R 1.02 billion.

Duration
On-site construction started in February 2016. Phase 1 of the terminal is expected to be fully commissioned by May 2017.

Latest Developments
The Sunrise Energy LPG import terminal is in the process of cold commissioning with the hot commissioning starting at the end of March 2017.

The second and third phases will be undertaken once commitment from industry has been obtained and more volumes of gas are required, thereby justifying the additional investment in more LPG bullets and the associated infrastructure.

Subsequent phases will each include another five LPG bullets, thereby increasing the storage capacity of the terminal to 16 500 t, with a combined throughput capacity of 52 000 t/m.

They will also be able to provide LPG for industrial and bulk consumers and have the potential to supply gas-fired power stations in the Saldanha region.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Aveng Engineering (engineering and procurement); WBHO (onshore terminal construction); Clough Murray & Roberts Marine (marine facilities and pipeline construction); Efficient Engineering (LPG bullet fabrication); and Mammoet (transportation of LPG bullets).

On Budget and on Time?
Sunrise encountered several unforeseen delays following the start of early construction and fabrication of the LPG bullets in February 2014. The project is now back on track, with full construction that started February 2016 and the first LPG is expected to be delivered in early May 2017.

Contact Details for Project Information
Sunrise Energy general manager: commercial, Arthur Martin, tel +27 21 913 7000, fax +27 913 7007 or email arthur@sunrise-energy.co.za.