石油设备网讯 据普氏能源资讯4月22日迪拜报道，位于阿联酋的原油和产品存储公司Brooge Petroleum & Gas Investment Co的首席执行长周一对标普全球普氏能源资讯表示，该公司在完成与Twelve Sees Investment的10亿美元反向并购后，正考虑扩大其国际业务，并有可能进军天然气存储领域。
BPGIC目前可以在仅次于新加坡的世界第二大加油中心富查伊拉储存40万立方米的石油产品，并且在第二季度建成后，仍有望将主要储存原油的设施扩建60万立方米到2020年，Nico Paardenkooper说。
“随着合并的完成，有机会在本地和国际上扩张，”Paardenkooper先生说。“我们主要关注的是绿地。”
这位拒绝透露公司正在关注哪些国家和地区的首席执行长说，合并所得将有助于推动公司的扩张。
富查伊拉由于位于海湾地区霍尔木兹海峡(Strait of Hormuz)之外，正吸引着石油和产品存储公司。霍尔木兹海峡此前一直是伊朗威胁关闭的一个咽喉要地。
通常储存石油产品的富查伊拉公司正在扩建原油储备，以便从富查伊拉的地理位置受益。
富查伊拉港口业务发展经理Martijn Heijboer上周对标普全球普氏能源咨询公司(S&P Global Platts)表示，Fujairah预计，到2022年，随着企业扩大设施、计划将该港口与一个可能运输原油的铁路网连接起来，原油储藏量将增加一倍以上。
富查伊拉预计，到2022年，随着阿布扎比国家石油公司(Abu Dhabi National oil Company)和其他独立石油储存公司扩大其设施，该公司总计1,050万立方米的储油能力(包括石油产品)将增长75%左右。
目前，富查伊拉的原油储藏量约占总储藏量的20%，预计到2022年将增至50%。
Paardenkooper说，虽然BPGIC目前的项目可以储存石油产品，但扩建后的设施将主要储存原油，但也可以储存其他产品。
根据国际海事组织(International Maritime Organization)将于明年生效的新规定，位于Fujairah的BPGIC油罐可以储存0.5%的含硫燃料油。
该公司首席执行长说，在全球范围内，该公司也在考虑天然气储存业务，但不太可能将天然气储存在富查伊拉。
“我们保留选择的余地，”他说。“在全球范围内，天然气储藏还有其他更可行的机会。”
薛珂 编译自 普氏能源资讯
原文如下：
Interview: UAE's BPGIC mulls expanding crude oil storage internationally
Brooge Petroleum & Gas Investment Co, a UAE-based crude oil and products storage company, is looking at expanding its operations internationally and potentially looking into gas storage after completing a $1 billion reverse merger with Twelve Sees Investment, its CEO told S&P Global Platts Monday.
BPGIC currently can store 400,000 cu m of oil products in Fujairah, the world's second largest bunkering hub after Singapore, and is still on track to expand its facilities by 600,000 cu m, for mainly storing crude oil, once construction is complete in the second quarter of 2020, Nico Paardenkooper said.
"With the merger completed there are opportunities to expand locally and internationally," said Mr Paardenkooper. "We predominantly look at greenfields."
The CEO, who declined to specify which countries and regions the company is looking at, said proceeds from the merger will help fuel expansion.
Fujairah is attracting oil and product storage companies thanks to its location outside the Gulf region's Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint that has been previously subject to threats of closure by Iran.
Companies in Fujairah, which usually store oil products, are expanding into crude oil storage to benefit from Fujairah's location.
Fujairah expects crude oil storage to more than double by 2022 as companies expand their facilities amid plans to link the port to a rail network that could potentially transport crude, Martijn Heijboer, business development manager at the port of Fujairah, told S&P Global Platts last week.
Fujairah expects its total 10.5 million cu m storage capacity -- including oil products -- to rise by around 75% by 2022 as state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and other independent oil storage companies expand their facilities.
Currently, crude oil storage is around 20% of the total storage capacity at Fujairah and is forecast to rise to 50% by 2022, Heijboer said.
While BPGIC's current project can store oil products, the expanded facilities will store mainly crude oil, but can also accommodate other products, said Paardenkooper.
BPGIC tanks at Fujairah can store 0.5% sulfur fuel oil in compliance with the International Maritime Organization's new rules that will kick in next year.
Globally the company is looking into gas storage as well, but is unlikely to store the commodity in Fujairah, the CEO said.
"We keep our options open," he said. "There are other opportunities globally where it (gas storage) is more viable."
