Name and Location
Sunrise Energy Saldanha liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) import terminal, Western Cape, South Africa.

Client
Sunrise Energy, owned by MOGS (60%), the Industrial Development Corporation (31%) and Ilitha Group Holdings (9%).

Project Description
The Sunrise Energy project involves the development and construction of a LPG import terminal at the Port of Saldanha, in the Western Cape. This project is being implemented in response to current LPG supply shortfalls in the region and will assist in creating a better energy mix, alleviating some of the current electricity supply constraints. 

The facility will be open access, with the infrastructure accessible to third-party LPG distributors, importers and bulk consumers.  Sunrise Energy will provide terminal services; however, it will not own or trade LPG product.

The terminal will comprise marine facilities incorporating a multibuoy mooring system, as well as a transfer pipeline, onshore storage bullets and product dispatch facilities for road tanker loading, pipeline transfers or direct cylinder filling. Prior to dispatch, all LPG product will be odourised and blended to specification for customers.

The initial phase of development involves the construction of 5 500 t of receiving storage, comprising five off-mounded storage bullets 60 m × 7 m in diameter each. This will allow for the import of up to 17 500 t/m of LPG.  These storage bullets are being manufactured at a fabrication facility in Saldanha Bay.

These storage bullets will be the largest vessels of their kind manufactured in the southern hemisphere and are being fabricated by local manufacturer, Elgin Engineering, adjacent to the Sunrise Energy site.

Modular expansion of the facilities in the future will allow for an increase in available capacity in line with the growth in market requirements. The maximum throughput capacity of the Sunrise Energy facility will be 52 000 t/m onshore receiving storage.

Value
Phase 1 will cost an estimated R800-million.

Duration
This facility will be commissioned at the end of 2016.

Latest Developments
MOGS recently acquired a majority shareholding in Sunrise Energy.  This transaction received Competition Commission approval at the end of January 2015.

MOGS, a South African company, is owned and controlled by Royal Bafokeng Holdings, a community-based investment company.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Elgin Engineering (storage bullets).

The engineering, procurement and construction management contract is yet to be announced.

Major construction contracts have not yet been awarded.

On Budget and on Time?
The project’s construction has been delayed by a year; however, it is restarting in the first quarter of this year.  The facility will be commissioned at the end of 2016.

Contact Details for Project Information
Sunrise Energy, tel +27 21 551 4866 or email info@sunrise-energy.co.za.
Elgin Engineering, tel +27 31 274 0000, fax +27 31 205 7097 or email enquiries@elgin.co.za.
Jacobs Matasis, tel +27 21 552 9993 or email info@matasis.co.za.
PRDW, tel +27 21 418 3830, fax +27 21 418 3834 or email info@prdw.com.