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	Balhaf Terminal

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Exportation Ports

* Balhaf Terminal :

The Construction of this Terminal was completed in 1990 and is used for exporting Shabwa Light Crude Oil.

1) Location :

The terminal is located in the coastline of Arabian Sea, between Aden and Mukalla cities.

2) Operator:

The terminal is operated by the Yemen Co. for Oil and Mineral Investments (YICOM), on behalf of the Yemen Government.

3) Type of Loading Facilities:

A) Single Point Mooring Buoy (SPM) which is located three Kilometers offshore and moored approximately 20 m water depth.

B) Three shipping pumps with capacity of 30,000 bbls/hours per pump are installed to enable a tanker to load in 24 hours.

C) Five crude oil storage tanks (type floting roof) each of 125,800 bbls nominal capacity giving a total of 625,000 bbls nominal volume.

D) Hand gauging is used in measurement of the quantity exported

4) The Control unit at terminal :

The entire pipeline from the Central Processing unit (CPU) to the terminals, as well from the terminals to the export tanker is fully automated and can be operated from the oil handling terminal.

1) Hours of operation :

The terminal operates 24 hrs. prevailing weather condition prtmitting.