Plant Site

Site
Preparation

Site Office-
under
construction

POIC Lahad Datu-
infrastructure
development

POIC Lahad Datu-
road infrastructure

Site Infrastructure
Established

Site planning
session

Plant site -
Piling Starts

Piling Continues

Tank Foundation
Work

Tank Foundation
Development

Concrete Footing

Concrete
Formwork

Tank Foundations
Second Tier

Plant Preparation

Civil Works
Commence

In Full Swing

Main Tanks
Foundation

Piling Mostly
Completed

Methyl Ester
Plant : with
completed footings.

Tanks : Formwork
completed,
awaiting final
concrete pour.

Tanks :
in final stages
of completing
footings.

Methyl Ester Plant: final formwork

Site – tank foundations backfilled

Site - bitumen layer on

Site – Steel flooring for tank

Site - Day tank construction

Off-site manufacture: esterification reactor

Off-site manufacture: methanol column

Site – Tanks: under construction

Site – Tanks: under construction

Site – Tanks: under construction

Site – Tanks: under construction

Site – ME Plant: work in progress

Site – ME Plant: work in progress

Site – ME Plant: work in progress

Site – ME Plant: concrete floor done

Site-ME Plant: structural work

Site-ME Plant: Installing beams

Site - Chemical Store: work in progress

Site - Firefighting Facilities : work in progress

Site - Plant Office: work in progress

Site-Plant Office: 1st floor formwork

ME Plant: Equipment in transit

ME Plant: Equipment in transit

First container arrives on site

Site-ME Plant: Installing Methanol and Glycerine vessels

Site - methanol tower being erected (1)

Site - methanol tower being erected (2)

Site - methanol tower erected

POIC – Entrance Road

POIC Entrance Road

Site – General photos (1)

Site – General photos (2)

Site – ME Plant: vessels being installed

Site – ME Plant: vessels being installed

Site – ME Plant: vessels being installed

Site – ME Plant: vessels being installed

Site – ME Plant: vessels being installed

Site – ME Plant: vessels being installed

Site – ME Plant: vessels being installed

Site – Tank Farm: (1)

Site – Tank Farm: (2)

Site – Tank Farm: (3)

Site – Plant office/Laboratory: work in progress

Site – Plant office/Laboratory: work in progress

Site – Plant office/Laboratory: work in progress

Site – ME Plant : workers in action

Site – ME Plant : workers in action

Site – ME Plant : workers in action

Site – visit by Sterling Board members

Site – visit by Sterling Board members

Site – Tank Farm (1):
nearly completed

Site – Tank Farm (2):
nearly completed

Site – Receipt /Despatch Facility for tankers (1)

Site – Receipt /Despatch Facility for tankers (2)

Site – Receipt /Despatch Facility for tankers (3)

Site – ME Plant (1):
4th floor ready

Site – ME Plant (2):
4th floor ready

Site – ME Plant (3):
4th floor ready

Site – Plant Office (1):brickwork nearly completed

Site – Plant Office (2):plastering in progress

Site – Plant Office (3):plastering nearly completed

POIC – Roads/Culverts(1)

POIC – Roads/Culverts (2)

Site – Boiler fuel tank

Site – Boilers

Site – Cooling tower and waste water treatment plant

Others – tankers (1): getting ready for operations

Others – tankers (2): getting ready for operations

Site – Tanks (1): final readiness

Site – Tanks (2): final readiness

Site – ME Plant : approach road

Site – ME Plant : final fit-out

Site – Plant Office : construction completed

Site – Plant Office : control room

Site – Plant Office : administration area

Site – Piping infrastructure (1):final connections

Site – Piping infrastructure (2):final connections

Site – weighbridge area

Site – firefighting area

POIC Infrastructure: Roads

POIC Infrastructure: Water Tank

Site – Tanks (1)

Site – Tanks (2)

Site – Tanks (3)

Site – Tanks (4)

Site – Roadside view

Site – View of ME Plant

Site – Plant Office (1)

Site – Plant Office (2)

Site – Piping infrastructure: (1)

Site – Piping infrastructure: (2)

Site – Piping infrastructure: (3)

Site – Piping infrastructure: (4)

Site - cooling vent

Site - boiler

Site - ME pressure vessel

Plant handover ceremony,
July 07

View of roads and entrance to SPC Biodiesel plant

Firefighting facilities and tank farm

View of plant office, weighbridge and methyl ester plant

Receipt and despatch facility for tankers

Tank farm

View of cooling vents and twin boiler chimneys

Methyl ester plant

Methyl ester plant
– piping infrastructure

Methyl ester plant
– ground floor

Plant Laboratory

ME Plant - at night

Tank Farm - at night

Tank Farm - at night

ME Plant and plant office - at night

View of plant office and methyl ester plant, ready for operations

13 Aug 07 - Mr Alister Maitland, Sterling Biofuels Chairman, officially opens the biodiesel plant

SPC Biodiesel's brand new multifeedstock biodiesel plant

SPC Biodiesel's main tanks and prominent signage

View of tanks and receipt / despatch bays for tankers

View of tank farm facility

SPC Biodiesel employees in their uniforms

SPC Biodiesel employees - production

View of the control room for the methyl ester plant

Methyl ester plant - pressure vessels

View of the methyl ester plant machinery and equipment