Yokogawa’s commitment to service and technical support has seen more than 250 projects successfully delivered in the sub-Saharan African region, with the most recent being the largest on and offshore open-access liquid petroleum gas (LPG) import terminal facility in Africa.
Located in the port of Saldanha Bay, Sunrise Energy was established in 2007 to develop and construct an LPG terminal. The company’s vision is to import much-needed LPG in significant quantities, which in turn will boost regional energy security and increase competition to the benefit of consumers and the provincial and national economies. Sunrise Energy own and operate the world class facility which can be used by any legitimate gas importer, distributor or downstream user for the import of LPG, commercial propane or butane, subject to maximum throughput and storage tariffs, set and regulated by the National Energy Regulator of SA. Designed in a modular way to respond to growth in demand, the terminal has a total storage capacity (in its first phase) of 5500 metric tonnes, allowing an annual throughput of almost 200 000MT. The first shipments of LPG were successfully discharged in May 2017.
As the preferred automation vendor, Yokogawa was selected to design, supply and commission the Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS) based on its Centum DCS and ProSafe SIS platforms, and the overall Terminal Management System. The platform can perform everything from ship unloading to tanker truck, rail car loading and pipeline operations, inventory management, master data management, security control, audit trail, and other movement operations such as tank-to-tank transfers and blending. Moreover, truck management, product tracking and jetty scheduling are additional features that support customer terminal operations efficiently.
Through the deployment of Yokogawa’s experienced engineering resources, the project was successfully delivered to ensure Sunrise Energy can provide accurate mass balances and efficient terminal operations. Yokogawa will continue to provide value-adding services throughout the life of the terminal. Under the corporate slogan of ‘Co-innovating tomorrow’, the company continues to establish greater levels of trust with its customers and to work with them to create new value for a brighter future.
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