Western Cape independent fuel storage and distribution project, South Africa

8th September 2017

By: Sheila Barradas

Creamer Media Research Coordinator & Senior Deputy Editor

     

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Name of the Project
Western Cape independent fuel storage and distribution project.

Location
Western Cape, South Africa.

Client
Burgan Cape Terminals, which jointly owned by broad-based black economic-empowerment companies Thebe Investment Corporation and Jicaro, which each own a 15% stake, and global storage and terminal operator VTTI, which owns a 70% stake. 

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

The terminal will have a capacity of 122 000 m3 of product, with the product portfolio including diesel, petrol, fatty acid ethyl esters and ethanol for blending, and Clean Fuels 2.

A 12 m jetty will also be built to provide direct access for 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 using five bottom-loading road truck bays.

Companies will rent space from Burgan to store their fuel products.

Jobs to be Created
At its peak, the project employed about 500 workers.

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

Duration
The project officially broke ground in December 2015, and was opened at the end of August 2017.

Latest Developments
Cape Town’s first independent oil storage and distribution terminal, Burgan Cape Terminal, was officially opened in the Eastern Mole of the Port of Cape Town in August.

The city’s newest energy asset offers 122 000 m3 of diesel and petrol storage and will offer the option to blend bioethanol and biofame (diesel).
  
The terminal, which has been designed to receive fuel product by sea, store it, and distribute it by truck, will provide an essential alternative for local fuel supply. This will significantly reduce the chances of fuel shortages previously experienced in the Western Cape. The terminal received its first product delivery by sea in June this year.
  
Burgan Cape Terminal’s own jetty can accommodate vessels with a deadweight tonnage (DWT) of up to 50 000 DWT. Product will be loaded into trucks for onward distribution by a fully automated loading rack. The facility expects to load more than 36 000 trucks in its first year.

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.

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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