Aygaz, Europe鈥檚 biggest liquefied petroleum gas聽importer company聽will make a 24 million Turkish lira聽investment聽(approximately EUR nine聽million) into storage capacity,聽the company announced.
The company will increase the capacity of the Aliaga Storage Facility in Izmir, the third biggest city of Turkey,聽from around聽29 thousand cubic meters to approximately聽48 thousand cubic meters, according to the company鈥檚 project file.
To store LPG, Aygaz will construct three storage tanks with a capacity of five聽thousand cubic meters each and one storage tank with a capacity of four thousand cubic meters.聽The Turkish company plans to construct the first tank in 2016.
Aygaz imported approximately 1.1 million tons of LPG, equal to 37.1 percent of Turkey's total LPG imports聽in 2013.
Reporting By Goksel Yildirim, Writing聽By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
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