Name and Location
Western Cape independent fuel storage and distribution project, Western Cape, South Africa.

Client
Burgan Cape Terminals.

Project Description
The new terminal will offer safe, state-of-the-art and flexible storage.

The project will have a capacity of 805 000 m3/y of product, with the product portfolio including diesel, petrol, fatty acid ethyl esters and ethanol for blending, and CF2.

A 12 m jetty will also be built to give direct access to vessels with drafts of up to 12 m.

The terminal will also be directly connected by pipeline to the inland Chevref refinery, and loading will be optimised with five bottom-loading road truck bays.

Value
An estimated R650-million will be invested in the project in the first two years of development.

Duration
Project construction is expected to start this year, with first oil being received into the tanks 18 months later.

Latest Developments
Construction of the fuel storage facility is imminent after black economically empowered company Burgan Cape Terminals’ receipt of the required environmental authorisation.

The approval of the final environmental-impact assessment, which was submitted to the Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning in October, is one of the final regulatory hurdles for the fuel storage terminal operator.

Only the local municipal licences are outstanding; however, there are no indications of further potential delays in securing the approvals.

All Transnet Port National Port Authority and other regulatory requirements for the project have already been met, with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa, despite Chevron’s protests, issuing Burgan with combined licences in December for the construction and operation of the petroleum storage facility, the petroleum loading facility and the petroleum pipeline in the Western Cape.

Burgan has signed multiple long-term contracts with major established and emerging customers for the storage and distribution of locally produced and imported fuels.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Burgan Cape Terminals project manager Stijn van Zelst, email info@burgan.co.za.