Porto Amboim, Angola, 5 Dec – The Porto Amboim Oceanic Terminal facilities (TOPA), with capacity to store 35,400 cubic metres of fuel, were inaugurated Friday by the chairman of Angolan state oil company Sonangol, Manuel Vicente.
Construction work on the facility began in November 2007, ended at the beginning of November of this year and were carried out by an Argentinean company, according to Angolan news agency Angop.
TOPA, which is owned by the logistics arm of Sonangol, Sonangol Logística, is intended to receive fuel products from the refinery and from abroad, store them and dispatch them, and initially will supply the markets of the provinces of Kwanza Sul, Malanje and Kwanza Norte.
The facilities include a laboratory and operational control room, a basin with nine tanks, a sprinkler network with a capacity of 50,000 litres of water, a maintenance building and the warehouse, a water treatment and recycling system and an administrative area.
The Porto Amboim Oceanic Terminal has capacity to store 20,400 cubic metres of diesel, 12,000 cubic metres of gasoline, and 3,300 cubic metres of oil. (macauhub)
Related News:
Portugal and China boost their position as Angola’s main trading partners 
Macau Pataca Converter
Follow Us!