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Dutch and UK Company combine forces in the field of export and blending

Netherlands based North Sea Group BV and UK Company, Blue Ocean Associates Ltd have joined forces to create ‘Hydrocarbon Hotel’ which will build a sea terminal  currently under construction in the port of Amsterdam.

The terminal expected to be fully operational by the end of 2011, will be primarily focused on the blending of gasoline, and will also be utilised for both importing and exporting the finished product, as well as additionally having the capability to import biofuels and distillates.

For the North Sea Group, which was formed by the merger of Van der Sluijs Groep and FNR+ Holding (Frisol, North Sea Petroleum and Reinplus Vanwoerden), this is its first company terminal with sea connection. Commenting on this latest development, Peter Nohlmans, CEO of North Sea Group said, “ With this terminal in the Amerikahaven harbour basin, the company is able to expand its trading activities and to start up a new petrol blending activity. North Sea Group will use the terminal to distribute the petrol within its own network and for exports to the United States“.
 
The Blue Ocean Group, comprises the international cargo trading company Blue Ocean Associates Ltd, and London based Harvest Energy the UK’s largest independent blender and supplier of road fuels. Commenting on this latest development, Janet Ashdown, CEO for the Blue Ocean Group & Harvest Energy said, “This is the first terminal asset the Group has built, owned and operated, and this latest joint venture will provide a significant supply base to our activities in the ARA region with onward sale to all markets”.

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Major share in the delivery of bio kerosene

North Sea Group had a major share in the delivery of the bio kerosene which was used 16 June for the world’s first demonstration flight with a military helicopter. The demonstration flight took place by the Dutch air force at their base in Gilze-Rijen for which an Apache AH-64D helicopter was deployed. North Sea Group was involved in the demonstration flight through their joint venture SkyEnergy, of which also KLM and Spring Associates are part. In November 2009 North Sea Group was also involved with the first demonstration flight with bio kerosene in a Boeing 747 for KLM. During the demonstration flight one of two engines of the Apache was running on a mixture of fossil fuel and bio kerosene. Ninety percent of this bio kerosene is derived from used cooking oil and ten percent is derived from algae oil, both of which are highly sustainable feedstock’s. Apache helicopters are at the moment deployed during the ISAF mission in Afghanistan. Minister of Defense Van Middelkoop was attending the demonstration flight.

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