Consulting engineering firm SMEC South Africa, with support from SMEC International, has been appointed by Ethiopian Petroleum Supply Enterprise to develop a white oil products storage terminal at Port Dukem, in Ethiopia.
The facility will be the biggest of the country’s depots at 240 000 m3.
It will be the first in the country to store and handle aviation fuel, while also being able to accommodate refined petroleum; white products receipt, storage and distribution, which comprises product storage tanks; tank truck and rail wagon receipt facilities and a tank truck loading gantry with allied piping and automation; and other facilities.
SMEC will provide the services at the terminal in two phases on an engineering, procurement, construction and management basis.
Phase 1 will include basic engineering, front-end engineering and tender preparation and evaluation
, andPhase 2 construction supervision and support for the project’s implementation.