Security
Buffer stocks against supply disruption, refinery outages and shipping delays
Typical customers: Distributors, industrial users, governments
Industries We Serve
Oil and Gas Storage Built Around How You Do Business
A trader and a refiner may store the same product in the same terminal and still need very different things from it. Traders want optionality and speed. Refiners want reliability and connectivity. Bunker suppliers want fast barges and consistent blends. We design our services around those differences.
Where Storage Fits in the Supply Chain
The Link Between Every Other Link
Every barrel of crude and every tonne of product passes through storage several times between the wellhead and the end user: at export terminals, at trading hubs, at refineries, at import terminals and at distribution depots. Each stop adds cost. Each stop also adds an opportunity to blend, to wait for a better market, to change transport mode or to protect supply.
Our customers use storage for four broad reasons:
Timing
The ability to buy or produce now and deliver later
Typical customers: Traders, refiners, producers
Location
Product positioned close to the market that needs it
Typical customers: Traders, majors, distributors
Quality
Blending and treatment to meet regional or customer specifications
Typical customers: Traders, bunker suppliers, blenders
Most customers use storage for more than one of these reasons at once. The sections below explain how each industry uses our terminals.
Independent storage that frees capital for core activities
Terminal standards consistent with major-company expectations
Access to four strategic hubs through one counterparty
Key benefits
Oil & Gas
Oil & Gas Companies
International oil companies, national oil companies and independent producers use storage to manage the gap between production, refining and end markets. For these customers, the terminal is part of a wider supply system, and it has to meet their own internal HSSE and operational standards.
How We Support Oil & Gas Companies
- Crude oil storage and blending in Houston and Fujairah, including VLCC-capable operations in Fujairah
- Refined product storage at all four hubs, for supply optimisation and market access
- HSSE assurance that stands up to major-company vetting and audit: ISO-certified management systems, transparent safety reporting and process safety discipline
- Term contracts that support long-term supply planning
- Development partnerships for new terminal infrastructure where companies prefer not to own the asset
More ways to profit from time, location and quality spreads
Faster turnaround and fewer demurrage costs
Confidentiality from a non-trading counterparty
Key benefits
Commodity Trading
Commodity Traders
For traders, storage is a commercial tool. It lets them capture differences in time (contango), location (arbitrage) and quality (blending). Speed, flexibility and accurate information are what matter most.
How We Support Traders
- Tankage at four trading hubs: Singapore, Rotterdam, Houston and Fujairah
- Blending capability: VLSFO and fuel oil blending in Singapore and Fujairah; gasoline blending in Singapore, Rotterdam and Houston; biofuel blending in Rotterdam
- Cargo building and breaking for deep-sea, barge and truck deliveries
- Fast, accurate inventory reporting through the customer portal after each movement
- Flexible contract structures, including term, spot (when available) and multi-hub framework agreements
- Independence: Asian Oil Storage does not trade, so your positions and strategy stay confidential
Feedstock security and flexibility
Capacity to balance production against demand
Export logistics without investing in marine infrastructure
Key benefits
Refining & Petrochemicals
Refiners and Petrochemical Producers
Refiners and petrochemical plants depend on steady feedstock supply and dependable outlets for their products. Storage connected by pipeline gives them buffer capacity, lets them run through supply disruptions and supports exports. See Houston (refining and petrochemicals).
How We Support Refiners and Petrochemical Producers
- Pipeline-connected storage in Houston (18 km of pipelines, including crude and product system connections) and Rotterdam (port pipeline corridor)
- Crude receipt and blending to refinery feed specifications in Houston
- Naphtha and feedstock storage in Houston and Singapore, with rail connectivity in Houston
- Product export storage for refiners building export cargoes
- Turnaround support: Extra storage during planned refinery maintenance to hold feedstock or maintain product supply
Faster barge turnaround and higher barge productivity
Consistent, on-specification blends
Coordinated supply positions across two leading bunkering hubs
Key benefits
Marine Fuels
Marine Fuel Suppliers
Bunker suppliers work in a high-volume, low-margin business where barge productivity and blend quality decide profitability. Two of our hubs, Singapore and Fujairah (marine fuels), are among the world’s largest bunkering ports.
How We Support Marine Fuel Suppliers
- Heated storage and blending for VLSFO and HSFO in Singapore (320,000 m³ of heated tankage) and Fujairah (560,000 m³ of heated tankage)
- High-rate barge loading: Up to 2,200 m³/h at the Fujairah barge berth; two barge berths in Singapore
- In-line quality analysis for viscosity, density and sulphur before product is released for loading
- Marine gasoil storage in Singapore, Rotterdam and Fujairah
- Consistent standards across Singapore and Fujairah for suppliers operating in both ports
Security of supply for continuous operations
Lower logistics cost through bulk supply
Expert support for in-house storage projects
Key benefits
Industrial Manufacturing
Industrial Users
Power producers, mining operations, cement and steel makers, and other heavy industrial users need a reliable fuel supply, often in regions where storage infrastructure is limited.
How We Support Industrial Users
- Dedicated storage for diesel, gasoil and fuel oil close to industrial clusters
- Pipeline interconnections to neighbouring industrial facilities in Singapore and Houston, subject to agreement
- Truck rack supply for regular deliveries to plants
- Contingency storage to protect production against supply interruptions
- Consulting and development for industrial users planning their own storage facilities, from feasibility to preliminary engineering
Storage positioned close to the markets you serve
Efficient onward transport by several modes
A partner for expanding into new distribution markets
Key benefits
Energy Logistics
Energy Distributors and Logistics Providers
Wholesale distributors and regional trading companies move product from import terminals to local markets. They need storage close to demand, with efficient onward transport by barge, coastal tanker, truck or rail. Multi-hub solutions add flexibility across regions.
How We Support Distributors and Logistics Providers
- Break-bulk capability: Receiving deep-sea cargoes and delivering in smaller parcels
- Multi-modal outbound logistics: 12 barge and coastal berths, 18 truck bays and a rail spur across the network
- Regional distribution hubs for Southeast Asia (Singapore), the Rhine hinterland (Rotterdam), the US Gulf and interior (Houston) and the UAE domestic market (Fujairah)
- Additive injection at truck racks for branded and specification-specific fuels
- Development of new distribution terminals, such as the proposed Borneo Oil Storage Terminal for East Malaysia
| Segment | Singapore | Rotterdam | Houston | Fujairah |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil majors and independents | Core segment | Core segment | Core segment | Core segment |
| Commodity traders | Core segment | Core segment | Core segment | Core segment |
| Refiners | Served | Core segment | Core segment | Served |
| Petrochemical companies | Core segment | Served | Core segment | Not a primary focus |
| Marine fuel suppliers | Core segment | Served | Not a primary focus | Core segment |
| Industrial manufacturers | Core segment | Served | Core segment | Served |
| Energy distributors | Core segment | Core segment | Core segment | Core segment |
| Biofuel producers and blenders | Not a primary focus | Core segment | Not a primary focus | Not a primary focus |
● Core segment○ Served- Not a primary focus
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