Totsa, the trading arm of France’s TotalEnergies, is poised to return to Dubai’s Jebel Ali in mid-2026, MEES learns, two years after leaving. The firm previously leased 184,000 m³ (1.2mn barrels) storage there, which was key to its Middle East gasoline blending operations.
Totsa left its eight tanks at the Advario terminal, where it was replaced by Glencore, and moved its operations to Brooge Energy’s BPGIC terminal in Fujairah (MEES, 8 March 2024). Unlike Jebel Ali, where Advario has its own berth and where Totsa was Advario’s key customer, BGPIC is one of many terminals sharing Fujairah Oil Tanker Terminal’s (FOTT) berthing and pipeline infrastructure. Although BGPIC offered more scale and scope for Totsa to expand its operations, the busier FOTT operations means there can be congestion and more complications during blending operations. (CONTINUED - 302 WORDS)
