The Products We Will Store

The Vopak Pacific Canada Project is expected to store Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Clean Petroleum Products (CPP) (i.e. diesel and/or gasoline) and methanol. All products will be transported from BC and Alberta to the Project via the existing Canadian National Railway line. Customers of Vopak will be responsible for bringing the product to site and for shipping the product from the jetty to markets around the world.

• Propane is a clean-burning, efficient and versatile hydrocarbon produced mostly during natural gas extraction, with a small amount coming from oil refining. At normal temperature and pressure, propane is a gas. It changes to a liquid when cooled and moderately pressurized – about twice the pressure in a normal truck tire. It is stored and transported as a compressed liquid, but returns to a gas when pressure is released. (Source: Canadian Propane Association)
• Both diesel and gasoline are refined from crude oil. In Canada, it is largely produced in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, with some produced off the coast of Newfoundland, and is refined across Canada, including two refineries in B.C.
• Methanol, or methyl-alcohol, is a clean-burning alternative fuel typically produced from natural gas, though it can be produced from biomass or coal. It is a clear, colourless liquid, with a faint alcohol-like odour. 

These products are used for many day-to-day tasks in your own homes.