The BNTCL

BNTCL is a subsidiary of Barbados National Oil Company Limited (BNOCL) which in turn is 100% owned by the Government of Barbados. BNTCL operates the Fairy Valley terminal to export crude oil for refining and import refined products such as gasoline, diesel, and fuel oil. BNTCl supplies the Texaco, Shell and Esso service stations on the island as we... ll as the Barbados Light & Power generating plant. The Old Needham's Point site was urgently required for the development of business tourism in the area. In October 2002, the Government instructed BNTCL to proceed with the development of a new terminal to be located north of the Grantley Adams International Airport as part of the Barbados Petroleum Distribution Project. The plans for the new terminal called for the consolidation of petroleum handling from the current four facilities to just two, both supplied by pipeline from ocean tankers. The new site is located near the Grantley Adams International Airport, to import gasolene, diesel and aviation fuel as well as to export the crude oil drilled by the Barbados National Oil Company. The other site is the existing Esso storage facility at Holborn on Spring Garden, St Michael, due to come on stream in February 2006. The airport site is connected by pipelines to the existing Oistins Bay floating mooring as well as to the oil company at Woodbourne, St Philip. The sites at the Flour Mill and Holborn are in the process of being upgraded to match the requirements of the new terminal facility. The Holborn site will be supplied with fuel oil and marine diesel via a pipeline from the existing Flour Mill site at the Barbados Port Authority and supply the local major fuel oil user, Barbados Light and Power Company, via a new pipeline.Read More