ARUBA TANK FARM PLANNED

April 16, 1990
Coastal Aruba Refining Co. plans to install a crude oil storage and transshipment facility at San Nicolas, Aruba. The project will include construction of tanks totaling 6-8 million bbl of crude storage capacity and a dock capable of handling tankers of more than 500,000 dwt.

Coastal Aruba Refining Co. plans to install a crude oil storage and transshipment facility at San Nicolas, Aruba.

The project will include construction of tanks totaling 6-8 million bbl of crude storage capacity and a dock capable of handling tankers of more than 500,000 dwt.

The new facility will be in addition to about 3.4 million bbl of storage capacity existing and under construction at Coastal Aruba Refining Co.'s San Nicolas refinery, which it recently acquired from Exxon Corp. (OGJ, Oct. 30, 1989, p. 30). The complex will store crude designated for reshipment to Coastal refineries as well as for other customers.

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