Thursday, July 14, 2011

NuStar's Expansion Plans: A Second Terminal in the Farm Area (Schotsenhoek)

According to the Memorandum of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), NuStar’s expansion plan consists of the following:
  • Increase of the total capacity of 2.2 million m3 (13,8 million barrels) by an additional 1.9 million m3 (11,8 million barrels)
  • Construction of approximately 31 new tanks for the storage of various hydrocarbon products, such as crude oil, fuel oil, jet fuel, gasoil and gasoline
  • Construction of a new ± 1,730 m jetty in the Smoke Alley area to allow the transshipment of oil by ocean vessels
  • New infrastructure like power generation and micro-tunnel between the existing and the new terminal for the transport of products by pipeline 
Red = existing terminal - Green = new terminal

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