Avedia Energy is on track with the construction of their liquid petroleum gas (LPG) import and storage facility.
Their facility is located next to the bridge to the iron ore export terminal in Saldanha, where the first of four massive storage tanks is already being installed.
Susan Dean, director of the company, said after the installation of the tanks the second stage of civil and building work will commence. Simultaneously a tender will be placed for the specialised pipe work.
She added that the tanks needed to complete the initial phase will be shipped and installed on arrival.
It is anticipated that the initial phase of the storage facility will be commissioned in the third quarter of 2015.
The capacity of Avedia’s storage facility will be 4 000 megatonne with the completion of phase 1, to be doubled to 8 000 megatonne during phase 2.
Dean said no resolution has been reached regarding the offloading of LPG in the port for their facility.
Since Avedia’s arrival on the scene, rival Sunrise Energy has been at loggerheads with them regarding this issue.
Avedia has from the start stated they believe there is enough business for both LPG import and storage facilities to be financially viable
