LPG Storage & Cylinder Filling Facility — Design & Documentation

Project overview

Ventron delivered the full mechanical engineering package for a new LPG storage and cylinder filling facility at Athi River — from concept layout through detailed piping design and equipment specification.

The plant combines horizontal storage bullets, a vaporiser skid, a multi-bay cylinder filling manifold and full fire protection coverage, arranged for safe tanker circulation and future capacity doubling.

Client challenge

The client held a constrained industrial plot with strict safety-distance requirements to the boundary and an aggressive programme tied to cylinder supply contracts. The design had to maximise storage within the distances, keep filling operations clear of tanker movements, and satisfy fire-authority review at first submission.

Ventron solution

We developed the plot plan around segregated traffic flows — tankers, cylinders and emergency access never share a route — and selected bullet storage with mounded-fire protection philosophy where distances were tightest. Welded piping with thermal relief on all blockable sections, a metered filling manifold with emergency shutdown, and a dedicated firewater interface with monitor coverage completed the package. Authority approval was secured without redesign.

Scope of work

• Plot plan, equipment layout and safety-distance compliance
• LPG piping design, pipe sizing and thermal relief calculations
• Filling manifold design with metering, earthing and E-stop logic
• Vessel, vaporiser and pump datasheets
• Fire protection interface and monitor coverage verification

Engineering deliverables

• P&IDs and general arrangement drawings
• Piping isometrics and line list
• Equipment datasheets and specifications
• Relief and sizing calculation set