Its tank farm allows storing 2,000 cubic meters of liquefied gas at a time. The capacity of the LPG filling station is enough to cover the company's own operational needs, as well as to accept resource storage from third-party customers.
"Over the past 5 years, the domestic market for gas motor fuel has grown approximately twofold, but the existing liquefied gas storage infrastructure in Ukraine turned out to be insufficiently prepared for such a leap. The vast majority of Ukrainian LPG filling stations were built 15 or more years ago and are technologically outdated. This situation did not allow operators to create sufficient gas reserves and even led to local shortages during peak consumption periods. Now, operating its own gas filling station, the OKKO network becomes more independent from resource fluctuations in the market and is able to timely and fully provide high-quality verified LPG to both car owners with gas equipment and B2B partners," says Serhiy Stoyansky, head of the supply and wholesale sales department for petroleum products at OKKO.
The LPG filling station includes a railway overpass that can simultaneously receive 4 tank cars, and a road overpass with an auto-loading system capable of servicing 4 gas carriers in parallel with a tank filling speed of 1.5-2 hours. The station is equipped with one railway and four road scales. Soon, the most modern liquefied gas quality control laboratory in Ukraine will also start operating at the facility.
During the design and construction process, the highest possible level of industrial safety was provided at the facility. An early emergency detection system, modern fire alarm, gas contamination sensors, and monitoring of their indicators will be carried out in constant automatic mode. There are 2 fire reservoirs of 300 cubic meters each on the station's territory.
Today, you can refuel with liquefied gas at 245 OKKO filling stations. In the next 2 years, the number of such stations is planned to be increased to 300.
