The Port of Hamriyah in the UAE, an important distillate storage hub, suffered devastating fires on 31 May which caused significant damage to at least three of the port’s main terminals. The fire broke out early Saturday morning, with some sources alleging a tanker truck as the cause.
The explosion engulfed the 101,920 m3 (641,060 barrel) Greenol Terminal with dramatic videos of multiple storage tanks in flames circulating on social media. Satellite imagery shows substantial damage. With Hamriyah’s relatively small, independent tank farms clustered in close proximity, the neighboring terminals of Asia Petrochem (50,000 m3) and Verasco (170,000 m3, 1.07mn barrel) also suffered damage. (CONTINUED - 850 WORDS)
