Kinder Morgan Energy Partners is to build nine new storage tanks at its Galena Park terminal in Texas, adding 1.2m bbl (190,000 m3) of new capacity to handle long-term contracts.
EXPANSION The annual HCB roundup of global terminal expansion and construction projects sees refinery closures continuing to cause a structural shift in terminal demand, while nervousness over the future rate of economic recovery is keeping a lid on optimism
Kinder Morgan is planning to invest some $58m to expand methanol storage capacity at its Geismar site in Louisiana, following signing of a long-term contract with Methanex Corp.
KW Express LLC has entered into a long-term agreement with Mercuria Energy Trading to construct a 210,000 bpd crude-by-rail project at the Greens Port Industrial Park on the Houston Ship Channel.