宝星公司计划投资1亿美元升级原油终端

据烃加工新闻3月6消息称，宝星资本公司宣布，其新收购的GTI Statia (GTIS)存储终端将投资高达1亿美元，以扩大和升级运营能力，以满足新老客户的需求。

GTIS是服务于美国墨西哥湾沿岸、拉丁美洲和加勒比市场的最大的独立原油和成品油存储终端之一。自宝星公司于2019年7月从NuStar能源公司手中收购该资产以来，其重点一直是确保继续为客户提供高质量的服务，其中包括一些全球最大的石油生产商和交易商。

宝星公司目前的重点是执行其终端的资本投资计划，这是受新客户需求的推动，以利用石油市场中新兴的地区和全球趋势。该计划包括在未来两年投资1亿美元用于油罐升级、终端和海上基础设施改善，使GTIS能够继续以最高的安全标准运营，并为客户提供优质的服务。此次升级将进一步提升GTIS的地位，使其成为为客户提供成批和分批服务的主要供应商，这些客户希望通过VLCC将原油运入和运出美国墨西哥湾沿岸，并将其运往亚太地区的终端市场。这些改进还将使GTIS能够继续为加勒比地区的邮轮和货运客户提供加油服务。

宝星资本公司高级董事总经理Steve Bickerton表示：“现在我们已经建立了高级领导团队，我们非常高兴为GTI Statia启动我们的资本投资计划。这些改进是我们投资理念的重要组成部分，将使我们能够对终端进行现代化改造，同时继续提供出色的客户服务，为我们的投资者带来有吸引力的回报。”

Bickerton补充说：“们很自豪能够支持Statia团队，将新资本投入到对地方和区域经济至关重要的业务中。”

GTI Statia总裁兼首席执行官John Roller表示：“我们的计划使公司能够专注于成为领先的终端运营商，并利用我们的策略愿景，提升服务、质素和业务价值。我们致力于该设施的长期成功，并很高兴与宝星公司合作着手进行下一阶段的开发。”

曹海斌 摘译自 烃加工新闻

Prostar plans US$100 million investment in terminal upgrade

Prostar Capital has announced that its newly acquired GTI Statia (GTIS) storage terminal will invest up to US$100 million to expand and upgrade operating capacity to meet demand from new and existing customers.

GTIS is one of the largest independent crude and refined product storage terminals serving the US Gulf Coast, Latin American and Caribbean markets. Since Prostar acquired the asset in July 2019 from NuStar Energy LP, its focus has been on ensuring the continuation of high-quality service to customers, which include some of the world’s largest oil producers and traders.

Prostar’s focus is now on executing its capital investment plan for the terminal, driven by demand from new customers to capitalise on emerging regional and global trends in the oil market. The plan involves the investment of up to US$100 million over the next two years on tank upgrades, jetty and marine infrastructure improvements allowing GTIS to continue to operate at the highest safety standards and provide superior service to its customers. The upgrades will further GTIS’s role as a major provider of make- and break-bulk services to customers looking to move crude oil by VLCC in and out of the US Gulf Coast as well as to end markets in the Asia-Pacific. The improvements will also allow GTIS to continue to provide bunkering services to cruise and cargo customers throughout the Caribbean.

“Now that our senior leadership team is established, we are very pleased to commence our capital investment plan for GTI Statia,” said Steve Bickerton, Senior Managing Director of Prostar Capital. “These improvements are a critical component of our investment rationale and will allow us to modernise the terminal while continuing to provide outstanding customer service and deliver attractive returns for our investors.”

“We’re proud to be supporting the local Statia team with the investment of new capital into a business that is critical to the local and regional economy,” added Bickerton.

“Our plan allows the facility to focus on being a leading terminal operator and will leverage our strategic vision to enhance the service, quality and value of the business” said John Roller, President and CEO of GTI Statia. “We are committed to the long-term success of the facility and are excited to be embarking on this next phase of development in partnership with Prostar.”