Key specifications of the storage terminal
Storage Capacity (bbl): 35,72,606
Tank Size Min (bbl): 12,580
Tank Size Max (bbl): 2,20,143
Number of Tanks: 71
Through this JCSSC joint venture, SABIC and Vopak are planning to spend $400 million in a new terminal in the King Fahd Industrial Port of Al Jubail in the Eastern Province. Designed to handle liquids, the first phase of the new terminal should have a storage capacity of 250,000 cubic meters.
This first phase should include the construction of: – 40 commodities and chemical specialties storage tanks – 5 berths for ship loading facilities.
SABIC and
Vopak awarded EPC contract to CNCEC
This new Al Jubail Chemical Terminal project is driven by the necessity for SABIC to adjust its storage and export capacities to the new petrochemical projects. The Al Jubail Industrial Zone is one of the largest petrochemical complex in the world where SABIC is planning to increase production capacities in its own facilities.
In addition SABIC decided these last weeks new giant projects with ExxonMobil in Kemya and with Shell in Sadaf. The number of tanks of the project result from the increase of capacity in the same time as the diversity of the commodities and chemical specialties to be stored and exported.
Vessel handling System
In that respect, the Al Jubail Chemical Terminal project is planned to accept further expansion depending on final decisions on new projects. On the same time as SABIC and Vopak decided to form the JCSSC joint venture, they also selected the engineering company to award the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract.
To be in line with the petrochemical projects decided with ExxonMobil or Shell, SABIC and Vopak expect China National Chemical Engineering Corporation (CNCEC) to complete the construction of the new Al Jubail Chemical Terminal in 2015.
