Jet Fuel Pipeline to Al Maktoum International Airport on Track for Completion by Q1 of 2020
ENOC Team today revealed that building of its 16.2 km jet gas pipeline linking its storage terminals in Jebel Ali to Al Maktoum International Airport Terminal in Dubai South has currently surpassed 20 per cent. The news was made during the 20th Water, Energy, Technology & Environment Exhibition (WETEX).
The pipe is scheduled to be functional in the initial quarter of 2020, in time for Dubai Expo 2020. Upon conclusion, the pipe will certainly bring 2,000 cubic metres of jet fuel per hr to Al Maktoum International Flight Terminal, which is billed to be the globe's largest, and also will aid meet the need for aeronautics solutions from a considerable proportion of the worldwide visitors to the Expo.
His Excellency Saif Humaid Al Falasi, Team Chief Executive Officer of ENOC, said: "We are dedicated to add to the long-term socio-economic development of Dubai and also the UAE. The jet fuel pipe linking to Al Maktoum International Airport terminal is one task that reiterates our commitment to raise our nation's key facilities. When completed, the pipeline will sustain the air traffic of more than 20 million vacationers anticipated to go to Expo 2020 Dubai. We are on track to finish the whole project by the initial quarter of 2020, just in time for the much-anticipated international event. The conclusion of the task will reinforce the supply of jet fuel to Al Maktoum International Airport as well as satisfy the needs of airline companies connecting the city to the world."
Ready to satisfy the demand for jet gas at Dubai Airports up until 2050, the pipe will certainly be outfitted with state-of-the-art safety features consisting of a leak discovery system, full automation control and quality control, to name a few.
ENOC currently provides jet fuel to Dubai International Airport via two jet fuel pipelines.
Al Maktoum International is expected to end up being the world's largest airport terminal with a yearly ability exceeding 220 million passengers and also 16 million tonnes of freight, and the jet gas pipe extension will certainly work as a considerable component of the supporting framework, guaranteeing seamless jet gas supply to the airline companies.
