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

Client
Sunrise Energy.

MOGS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Bafokeng Holdings, has acquired a majority shareholding in Sunrise Energy.

Project Description
The project’s terminal facilities will include a multibuoy mooring system, located in Big Bay, in Saldanha Bay, for the docking of LPG vessels.

The product will be offloaded from ships using a subsea and overland pipeline to the onshore terminal, where product will be blended and odourised to specification, before being dispatched to customers using either road loading, direct cylinder filling, or using a pipeline to downstream customers or storage facilities. 

Phase 1 of the Sunrise Energy terminal, which includes 5 500 t storage, will allow for the importation of up to 17 500 t/m 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, corresponding to a throughput capacity of 52 000 t/m or 624 000 t/y.

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

Value
Phase 1 will cost an estimated R800-million.

Duration
The project started construction in February 2014 and is expected to be completed in 2016.

Latest Developments
Sunrise Energy has announced that construction of the LPG terminal will be fast-tracked for completion, with the terminal scheduled to be operational in the last quarter of 2016.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Sunrise Energy project development manager Karen Lowe, tel +27 21 551 4866, fax +27 86 660 7813 or email karen@sunrise-energy.co.za.