Bidboland Refinery to Install 6 Fuel Storage Tanks by Fall

The construction and installation of six hydrocarbon storage tanks at the Persian Gulf Bidboland Gas Refinery in the southern Khuzestan Province is expected to become complete by fall. 
“The storage tanks, which can hold close to 192,000 tons of propane, butane and pentane, will expedite the export of gaseous and liquefied fuels to international markets,” Mahmoud Amin-Nejad, managing director of the refinery, told Shana. 
Giving a breakdown, the official noted that two tanks will be used to store 90,000 cubic meters of propane, two tanks are expected to hold 44,000 cubic meters of butane and the rest will be filled with 58,000 cubic meters of pentane.
“Costing about $736 million, the facility is being built on a 64-hectare plot in the southern port city of Mahshahr,” he added.