The main objective of the Gas Division is to store and bottle liquefied petroleum gas in cylinders and bulk service on behalf of Liquigas Malta Ltd, which are the new concessionaires in charge of the gas distribution as from 1st Feb 2009. Liquid Petroleum Gas is purchased and brought over in shipments and piped to the storage facilities at Qajjenza. This is then bottled in cylinders of 10 kg, 12 kg, 15 kg (normally used in households) and 25 kg for commercial establishments.  There are places like hotels and industries, that have storage facilities and these purchase their LPG requirements in bulk. This Division is run from its Depot and Main Offices at Qajjenza B’Bugia. 

Location

The plant is located on the south-east coast of the island, by the water’s edge across the public road overlooking the bay, with its berthing facilities lie between those of the San Lucian Bunkering Co. Ltd. and the Petroleum Division Depot at Birzebbugia.

The Plant

Storage Vessels
The plant operates entirely on imported Liquified Petroleum Gas. Annual imports  amount to about 17,000 tonnes of Mixture (Butane and Propane) and 200 tonnes of Pure Propane. These are delivered by sea vessels and off-loaded through a submarine pipeline to the storage tanks.

The total storage capacity amounts to 2,800 tonnes which represents about 2 months supply. It consists of 6 spherical tanks X 300tonnes capacity each; 4  horizontal tanks X 140 tonnes capacity each and 10  horizontal tanks X 50 tonnes capacity each.

Contact Information

General Enquires -  Liquigas Malta Ltd:    21651661/5
website: http://liquigasmalta.com/news.html