OUR BUSINESS

PPGPL's plant is designed to process raw natural gas from the existing natural gas pipeline system and extract natural gas liquids contained in the gas. This process allows us to deliver cleaner gas which is free of heavy hydrocarbons to downstream petrochemical plants to produce products more efficiently.

The plant also fractionates the natural gas liquids into three components- propane, butane and natural gasoline which are marketed to North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean.

Propane is used as a cooking fuel, refrigerant and a very small percentage as an automotive fuel.

Butane is used as a cooking fuel, refrigerant, and aerosol propellant and in the manufacture of synthetic rubber.

Natural gasoline is used either as a blend stock in the production of motor gasoline or as a cracking feedstock for the production of petrochemicals.

In the beginning of operations 400mmscfd of natural gas passed through PPGPL and its storage capacity was 250,000 barrels. In 2007 1,350mmscfd gas passes through the company and its storage capacity is 1milliion barrels.

 

High Quality Product

• HD-5 Propane meets GPA standard 2140-97
• Commercial Butane meets GPA standard 2140-97
• Propane and Butane available at ambient, semi-refrigerated or fully refrigerated temperatures
• Low RPV natural gasoline

State of Art Terminal facilities

• Two dedicated and sheltered berths located out of the hurricane belt of capacity 22,000cbm and 54, 000 cbm respectively, which can load pressurized and refrigerated LPG and gasoline
• 24 hour operations
• Large segregated product storage affords wide cargo size flexibility
• High product delivery rate up to 10,000 barrels per hour
• Low port charges

Customer Service

• High vessel loading flexibility
• For 2007 over 12,000,000 barrels of product were delivered in 293 lifts from our docks
• Major share in Caribbean and Latin American markets

 

 

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MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

 

• PPGPL utilised the low cost 936 Carifa Bonds to finance the initial construction of the Plant
• Prime Minister’s Award 2002
• Most Innovative Company
• Process Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing Technology
• Du Pont Global Award for Marketing Excellence in 1997
• In 1998, PPGPL secured  US$110MM of project financing through a 15 year tenor bond offering via U.S. Capital Markets
• The only Trinidad and Tobago company that is rated A- by Standards and Poor’s and A3 by Moody’s,
• In 2002, PPGPL secured US$41.3MM of project financing  through a 13 year tenor local bond offering
• ConocoPhillips "Spirit of Performance Award" for Safety in 2003, placing it among the best of the ConocoPhillips global companies.
• 15 years without a lost time incident and more than 13 years without an employee recordable incident.
• 1st place in the Gas Processors Association (GPA) "Accident Prevention Award Division II - International Classification" for nine consecutive years: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
• 2007 International Stevie Business Award for "Best Corporate Social Responsibility Program in South America."