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Energy storage group VTTI will get a 70% stake in Italy's biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, with grid operator Snam owning the rest, the Milan-listed group said on Wednesday, announcing a deal to be finalised by year-end.Snam, which is controlled by the Italian government, said in a statement it had exercised its pre-emption right to increase its stake in the infrastructure dubbed Adriatic LNG to 30% from 7.3%.The move comes after ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy last week agreed to sell their stakes in the terminal to a consortium led by Dutch group VTTI.

Vitol says it successfully completed its first biofuel deliveries in Fujairah.Through its wholly-owned bunker arm, Vitol Bunkers, two vessels received B24 VLSFO on December 8 and 14. The fuel was sourced from its Fujairah-based refinery FRL and blended with regionally-sourced biofuel at VTTI storage facilities.

Four international groups are competing to buy Exxon Mobil Corp's majority stake in a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal offshore Italy, two sources familiar with the matter said. The deal could value the entire LNG terminal at around 800 million euros ($881 million), the sources said. Exxon said in March it was considering selling its majority stake in Adriatic LNG, Italy's main regasification terminal, as part of a wider strategy to divest non-core assets. The U.S. group is being advised by Rothschild & Co. on the process.

Storage demand and transit volumes are poised to grow further at the United Arab Emirates' Fujairah port this year as Russian trade flows continue to flood the hub, industry executives said on Tuesday.Russian oil barrels have been flowing into popular ship-to-ship transfer hubs in the Middle East and Asia since last year as Western sanctions led to the reshuffling of trade flows."We have seen a huge influx of Russian barrels coming into Fujairah ... particularly urals and naphtha…

Dutch energy company VTTI said on Monday it plans to build a new floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Netherlands with capacity to import 5 billion cubic meters of gas annually. On Friday the Dutch government said it was in talks with two different groups over new LNG terminals to increase Dutch import capacity by 5-8 billion cubic meters (bcm) annually as it seeks to ensure the country's energy security. Rotterdam-based VTTI said in a statement it was "striving"…

Odfjell announced Monday that Odfjell Terminals (China) Pte. Ltd. (OTC) has today completed a sale of its 50% shareholding of Odfjell Terminals (Dalian) Co Ltd. (OTD) to VTTI Terminals I B.V., a subsidiary of VTTI group, for a total cash consideration of $59 million.Kristian Mørch, CEO of Odfjell said, “The sale of OTD represents another step in the restructuring of our terminal portfolio and is in line with our strategy to focus on chemical terminals where we can harvest synergies with Odfjell Tankers or have another angle for further value creation by Odfjell.”OTC is indirectly owned 51% by Odfjell and 49% by Lindsay Goldberg (LG).

Vitol Investment Partnership(VIP), an investment vehicle sponsored and managed by Vitol, and IFM Investors, a global provider of investment services to institutional investors,  have agreed to acquire Buckeye Partners LP’s 50% equity interest in Vitol Tank Terminals International  (VTTI), a leading global independent provider of energy storage.On completion, VTTI will be owned 50% by IFM and 50% by Vitol and VIP. It will continue to be managed by an independent management team led by Rob Nijst, CEO.The transaction is subject to certain conditions precedent and is expected to close by year end.Rob Nijst, CEO VTTI says:  “It has been a pleasure working with Buckeye over the last two years and we wish Buckeye the very best in its future endeavours.

The Southeast United States is expected to be hit with fuel shortages in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, as the storm barrels toward one of the largest energy-consuming regions in the country. Some states are already experiencing supply constraints as motorists fill up tanks as an emergency precaution. The region is not known for energy production, but there are significant storage facilities directly in the path of the storm that have already been evacuated. Roads in Florida…

VTTI, the storage unit of world's largest oil trader Vitol, has suspended operations at its terminal in southern Malaysia following an oil spill, two industry sources said on Friday. An accident with coastal tanker Trident Star caused the oil spill on Wednesday, they said. The terminal at port of Tanjong Pelepas in Johor has a total storage capacity of 1.155 million cubic metres. It handles gasoline, jet fuel, gasoil, fuel oil and biofuels. Reporting by Florence Tan

MISC Berhad informed that its wholly-owned subsidiary MTTI Sdn. Bhd.have entered into an agreement with VIP Terminals Finance B.V. to dispose 50 percent of the issued share capital of VTTI B.V. for a cash consideration of $830 million, subject to completion of the conditions precedent. VIP Terminals Finance B.V. is ultimately a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vitol Investment Partnership Limited, an investment vehicle sponsored and managed by the Vitol Group. Upon completion of the proposed divestment, VTTI will cease to be a joint-venture company of MTTI. Yee Yang Chien, President/CEO of MISC said, "For MISC, this divestment will enable us to unlock the value of our investment in VTTI B.V.

MISC Berhad and its wholly-owned subsidiary MTTI Sdn. Bhd. have today entered into an agreement with VIP Terminals Finance B.V. to dispose 50 percent of the issued share capital of VTTI B.V., for a cash consideration of $830 million, subject to completion of the conditions precedent. VIP Terminals Finance B.V. is ultimately a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vitol Investment Partnership Limited, an investment vehicle sponsored and managed by the Vitol Group. Upon completion of the proposed divestment, VTTI will cease to be a joint-venture company of MTTI. Yee Yang Chien, President/CEO of MISC said, “It has been a great pleasure working with Vitol over the past five years. We wish Vitol the very best in its future endeavours and we are confident that the good relationship we have will continue.

The ATB oil terminal in the Port of Pelepas, Tanjung Bin, owned and operated by VTTI, the 50/50 joint venture between Vitol and the Malaysian maritime conglomerate MISC received its first oil tanker alongside their deep draft jetty facilities. The MT “Kition”, a 100,000 DWT tanker safely and successfully discharged at ATB's VLCC berth. The receipt of the first fuel oil cargo from the MT Kition represents a significant milestone for the ATB oil terminal, offering new storage and logistics opportunities for petroleum products in the Singapore region at competitive rates. The terminal is a grass-root project which began construction in September of 2009.

PEC Ltd. announced that Verwater-Audex B.V., a 50-50 joint venture company between its subsidiary Audex Pte Ltd and Verwater B.V., has won a $160.5m contract to build a 465,000 m3 tank terminal in the strategically located port of Rotterdam (Netherlands). Verwater-Audex will provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services to build the tank terminal for Euro Tank Terminal B.V. (ETT). The project is slated for completion by 2012 and will boast state-of-the-art facilities. ETT is wholly owned by Vitol Tank Terminal International (VTTI) which owns and operates terminals and pipelines around the world. VTTI is a wholly owned affiliate of the Vitol Group, a provider of trading and marketing services across the oil and energy sector.