Pengerang Deepwater Terminal (PDT)

Pengerang Deepwater Terminal (PDT) which is located at the southern tip of Peninsular Malaysia and spanning 1,200-acres. PDT is part of DIALOG’s vision of a “Rotterdam of the East” which was conceptualised in 2007. Due to the strategic location of PDT along major international shipping routes, PDT is on track to becoming a regional downstream hub for the oil, gas and petrochemical industries. With two jetties in operation and three more in the pipeline, PDT is unique with its 24m deepwater berths. The terminal’s deepwater jetty facilities with multiple berths enable it to handle Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC), Ultra Large Crude Carriers (ULCC) and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) vessels up to Q-Max size. Pengerang Independent Terminals, the Phase 1 serves as a tankage facility for the handling, storage, blending and distribution of oil majors and traders, which has a storage capacity of approximately 1.3 million m³ on 150-acres of reclaimed land. It has the capability to handle the storage, blending and distribution of crude oil, petroleum, chemical and petrochemical feedstock products, and by-products. Phase 1 Project is owned by Pengerang Independent Terminals Sdn. Bhd. (PITSB), a joint venture between DIALOG, Royal VOPAK and S.S.I. It has been fully completed and commenced operations in the second quarter of calendar year 2014.

Technical Description

EDP Consulting Group Sdn. Bhd. was appointed as the Consultant Engineer. Our dedicated team was involved in providing Geotechnical, Civil Infrastructure, Electrical, Mechanical and Structural consulting engineering services which consists mainly of tank foundations, reinforced concrete, steel structure works, utilities, site supervision and providing technical advice for other associated works.

The site is underlain by reclaimed land hence the proposed foundation system for the tanks is pile raft or bearing on with vibro-floatation compacted reclaimed land. For pile raft foundation system, 350mm diameter and 450mm diameter of prestressed concrete spun pile with raft thickness ranges from 550mm to 900mm were adopted. For tank foundations that directly bearing on reclaimed ground, vibro-floatation compacted with 2.2m c/c triangular pattern in order to achieve 10MPa to 15MPa or 80% relative density. The perimeter of the tank platform is bounded by crushed stone ring wall fully wrapped with geotextile membrane-Mirafi PET100-50. Prior to the placement of the tank, a layer of 70mm sand bitumen mixture was provided.