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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

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Published Wed, Jun 15, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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    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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