South East Asia is to receive its first independent LPG storage facility. Global Petro Storage (GPS) has signed a long-term agreement with Equinor, the multinational energy company, to develop the terminal in Port Klang, Malaysia.  

The new facility will be the first independent, refrigerated LPG terminal in Malaysia, and will provide storage services exclusively to Equinor. 

Equinor will bring LPG to the terminal and sell into the domestic market in Malaysia as well as selling volumes to markets like Bangladesh, the Philippines, India, Indonesia and Vietnam.

The facility will have capacity to turn over 1.5million tonnes of LPG each year and will be able to handle very large gas carriers (VLGC) and pressurised LPG vessels on its jetty. Work will begin in January 2019 and the 135,000 cbm terminal should be completed by early 2021.  

GPS, an independent storage and logistics company, is the majority shareholder for the project and will develop, own and operate the LPG facility. 

Eric Arnold, Managing Director and CEO of GPS said: “The new LPG terminal is a highly strategic, unique asset that will give Equinor a new platform in South East Asia, and enhance its reach into the region, where the LPG market is growing. 

GPS and Equinor’s agreement to develop a new LPG facility in Port Klang, Malaysia, represents the first time the companies have entered into formal partnership. 

The announcement in Malaysia comes just one month after construction began on GPS’s terminal project in the Port of Hamriyah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with two long-term partners . The terminal, GPS’s first investment in the Middle East, will provide services for industrial reprocessing of waste oils, trading, import and bunkering. 

For more information visit www.gpsgroup.com

22nd November 2018

22nd November 2018