An artist’s impression of what the entrance gate to the Sunrise LPG import and storage facility in Saldanha will look like once completed.
photo: sunrise energy
Sunrise Energy has announced that the construction of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Import Terminal in Saldanha will be fast tracked to completion, with the terminal scheduled to be operational in the last quarter of 2016.
The LPG terminal will be an open-access facility, which means that it can be utilised by any gas importer, distributor or downstream user for the import of LPG. This will ensure easier entry for all participants in the LPG distribution sector.
The terminal facilities will include a multi-buoy mooring (MBM) system, located in Big Bay, Saldanha Bay, for the mooring of the LPG vessels. The product will be offloaded from ships via a sub-sea and overland pipeline to the onshore terminal, where the product will be blended to specification, before being dispatched to customers via either road loading, direct cylinder filling, or via pipeline to downstream customers or storage facilities.
Phase 1 of the Sunrise Energy Terminal, which includes 5 500 metric ton (mt) of storage, will allow for the importation of up to 17 500 mt of LPG per month. The project is designed in a modular way to respond to growth in demand, with an ultimate storage capacity of 16 500 mt of, corresponding to a throughput capacity of 52 000 mt/month.
The Sunrise Energy LPG Import Terminal will enable security of supply of LPG to the Western Cape, which is currently hampered by supply shortages. This in turn, will support the development of clean energy alternatives, thus creating a healthier energy landscape in the region, particularly in light of the constraints on South Africa’s electricity supply.
LPG is efficient and more affordable than electricity as a domestic, commercial and light industrial fuel for cooking and heating applications and will reduce dependence on electricity. Additionally, LPG has been shown to be considerably more affordable than diesel for small power generation units, being widely considered by industry for backup and peak power generation.
A key benefit of LPG in the above applications is that it lowers the demand for electricity during periods of peak power use.
MOGS (Pty) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Bafokeng Holdings (Pty) Limited (RBH), has acquired a majority shareholding in Sunrise Energy. RBH is a community based investment company whose growth uplifts and creates intergenerational wealth for the Royal Bafokeng Nation.
MOGS, through its dedicated subsidiaries, is committed to providing products and services to the mining, oil and gas sectors of sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world. The group is engaged in the laying and rehabilitation of pipelines, the provision of mining supplies and services, exploration drilling, the manufacturing of locomotives and mining capital equipment, as well as oil and gas infrastructure
