Vopak opens refrigerated LPG facility on Jurong Island
Dutch company aims to offer alternative feedstock to naphtha and feed Asia's growing demand for LPG
Singapore
VOPAK Terminals Singapore on Wednesday officially opened South-east Asia's first independent refrigerated liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) facility at its Banyan Terminal on Jurong Island, giving Singapore's crackers an alternative feedstock to naphtha.
The 80,000 cu m facility is an 80/20 partnership between the Dutch tank storage provider for the oil and chemical industry and SK Gas International Pte Ltd, a South Korean energy-trading company.
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