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Riverlake

Tank Storage & Distribution

Delivering performance across the full lifecycle of energy terminals

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Where shore meets ocean

Riverlake has extensive experience in tank storage and distribution infrastructure. We support clients across the full lifecycle of terminal development, including associated loading and unloading facilities.

From early-stage planning through to execution and optimisation of existing assets, we work alongside our clients to structure, develop, and deliver operationally sound projects.

Our approach integrates financial, technical, and operational considerations to ensure efficiency, flexibility, and long-term asset performance.

Operating at the intersection of energy flows and logistics infrastructure, we are positioned across key storage and distribution markets globally.

Supporting the development of efficient and resilient tank storage and distribution infrastructure across global energy and logistics markets.

Structuring the process

Riverlake structures assignments in a clear project framework, with key milestones defined from inception through to completion.

We are typically involved at the earliest stage, as soon as the concept of a tank terminal begins to take shape, supporting clients in shaping and structuring the development pathway.

Our experience covers the design and development of tanker loading and unloading infrastructure, including jetties, single point mooring (SPM) systems and conventional buoy moorings (CBM), enabling the handling of liquid bulk and gas cargoes in and out of storage terminals.

Various phases necessitate distinct approaches as the objective shifts from one phase to the next. During the initial phase, the focus lies on operational and financial matters to ascertain the project’s feasibility. Once these criteria indicate approval, Riverlake guides and oversees the customer’s project throughout multiple stages of development, always maintaining a firm grasp on the steering wheel.

Project Development Methodology

Riverlake has specifically developed its  proprietary Project Development Methodology manual to address the development of liquid bulk storage and the corresponding jetties.

The Project Development Methodology Manual gives a good overview of what is to come.

We are there from the initial phase of the project through a feasibility study. Then the following phases take place; concept definition, financing and permits, tendering, construction, commissioning and finally be in operation.

This is a process that will take several years, a great deal of patience, setbacks, cautious optimism and eventually celebrating when the ribbon can be cut.

At Riverlake, we have experienced all these aspects over and over again. As a result, we are convinced that our customers stand to benefit from this experience when developing a terminal or when acquiring, refurbishing, searching for a new terminal site.

Seven-stage project lifecycle from feasibility study to operation

Reference projects

Aerial view of industrial LNG storage terminal with ships docked
TANK STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION | REFERENCE PROJECTS

Ammonia Import Terminal

Region: Flushing / Netherlands
Duration: 36 months
Client: Evolution Terminals

Development of an integrated Green Energy Hub for the import, storage and handling of hydrogen carriers, renewable energy and low-carbon fuels, comprising 150,000 m3 ammonia, 180,000 m3 methanol and 70,000 m3 biodiesel storage, with associated berths, rail/road loading and utilities. Riverlake's scope included in-house concept design, pre-FEED and environmental permit management, stakeholder engagement with landowners and authorities, and initiation of ammonia cracking for the Dutch hydrogen backbone.

Large industrial storage tanks under construction at desert site
TANK STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION | REFERENCE PROJECTS

Bunker Terminal Development

Region: Duqm / Oman
Duration: 6 years
Client: Oman Oil Marketing Company (OOMCO)

Greenfield tank terminal development in the newly constructed port of Duqm, with 200,000 m3 initial storage capacity, jetty facilities, and bunkering fuel operations. The terminal includes 12 tanks, marine loading/discharging, truck loading, blending, and full utilities. Riverlake provided financial modelling (CAPEX/OPEX), conceptual design, FEED and EPC tender management, and acted as PMC for construction supervision and commissioning.

OQ8 oil storage tanks at a coastal petroleum facility
TANK STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION | REFERENCE PROJECTS

Refinery Terminal - Operating Manual

Region: Duqm / Oman
Duration: 36 months
Client: OQ8 (JV of Oman Oil and Kuwait Oil)

For OQ8's new world-scale refinery and its large export terminal for gasoil, fuel oil, Jet A1 and gasoline, Riverlake wrote the complete operating manual. Building on earlier work on the Oman Oil bunker terminal in the same port, Riverlake produced all operating procedures, work instructions and related forms based on engineering and supplier information, over 100 documents in total, structured according to the ISO 9001 standard.

Aerial view of desert oil terminal with storage tanks and tanker
TANK STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION | REFERENCE PROJECTS

National Import Terminal

Region: Ain Sukhna / Egypt
Duration: 18 months
Client: Sonker Energy

Development of a major import facility for LNG, LPG and gasoil connected to the Egyptian grid to supply the growing capital Cairo. In the initial stages Riverlake provided conceptual designs for further project stages, contracting strategies, HSE policies and emergency planning. During a later stage we prepared the commissioning and start-up, delivering a detailed Operations and Maintenance (O&M) plan, Standard Operating Procedures and complete quality documentation.

Terminal Name Assessment Score bar chart across 15 categories
TANK STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION | REFERENCE PROJECTS

Asset Integrity Assessment

Region: Seven distribution depots (Benin, Nigeria, Spain, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Tanzania
Duration: 18 months
Client: Oryx Energies

Asset Integrity Assessments conducted across the client's fuel distribution depots, benchmarked against client-defined and international standards (MTMSA, CDI-T, ISGOTT, ISO/OHSAS 9001, 14001 and 18001). Using Riverlake's proprietary assessment tool, depots completed a self-evaluation questionnaire prior to on-site visits, with findings reported to management via KPI dashboards.

Aerial view of large oil storage tank farm near port
TANK STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION | REFERENCE PROJECTS

Terminal renovations

Region: Rotterdam / Netherlands
Duration: 8 months
Client: Nova Terminals

Brownfield conversion of a former refinery offsite into an independent tank terminal with a storage capacity of 200,000 m3 for the storage and handling of fuels in the port of Rotterdam. With feasibility highly dependent on the technical status of the assets, Riverlake conducted the required technical assessments and provided guidance on renovation through technical status reports, conceptual designs for various scenarios and CAPEX estimates.

Oryx Energies large fuel storage tanks at industrial port facility
TANK STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION | REFERENCE PROJECTS

Bunker Terminal Development

Region: Las Palmas, Gran Canaria / Spain
Duration: 60 months
Client: Oryx Energies

Greenfield development of a 220,000 m3 tank terminal for heavy fuel oil and gasoil, comprising 13 tanks (10,000–35,000 m3), marine loading/discharging, truck loading, blending and full utilities. Riverlake provided project risk assessment, overall project management, engineering supervision and full contracting, stepped in to take over construction management and pre-commissioning when works were delayed, and managed commissioning, start-up and terminal operations through end-2015.

Aerial view of large port expansion construction on ocean
TANK STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION | REFERENCE PROJECTS

Bunker Terminal Development

Region: Algeciras / Spain
Duration: 18 months
Client: Alpetrol

Greenfield development of a 400,000 m3 tank terminal for fuel oil and gasoil serving the south Spain bunker market, comprising 20 tanks (10,000–40,000 m3), marine loading/discharging, blending and full utilities. Riverlake conducted the project risk assessment, led overall project management, engineering supervision and the full tendering/contracting process for a Turnkey Lump Sum contract, reporting to the Board of Directors with construction awarded substantially below budget.

Aerial view of coastal industrial power plant with tall towers
TANK STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION | REFERENCE PROJECTS

Oil Terminal Assessment

Region: Atsumi and Owase / Japan
Duration: 5 months
Client: Chubu Energy

We acted as Technical Consultant to define the existing storage infrastructure capacities and utilisation at Chubu's main sites and to assess the feasibility of options to more fully utilise storage, including re-commissioning of mothballed tanks, storing new products and other on-site enhancements, on a basic master-planning level. Chubu's facilities include two bulk-handling sea ports and over sixty large-scale tanks across five oil-fired power generation sites near Nagoya, with a total oil storage capacity of roughly 1,500,000 m3.

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