Santa Cruz Storage Corporation (SCSC) – a joint venture of Northern Star Energy Corporation and DMC Construction and Equipment Resources Inc. (DMC-CERI) – and Pilipinas Shell broke ground for a new import facility in Santa Cruz, Darong, Davao Del Sur on April 22, 2022.

The ceremony was led by Kit Bermudez, Pilipinas Shell VP for Supply and Distribution; Serge Bernal, Pilipinas Shell VP for Corporate Relations; Sid Consunji, President of DMCI Holdings, Inc.; Das Reyes, President of DMC-CERI and SCSC; Juan Miguel T. Delgado, COO of Northern Star Energy Corporation and SCSC; and Romy Regaspi, CFO of Northern Star Energy Corporation and SCSC.

The event was also attended by the Municipality of Sta. Cruz Mayor Engr. Jaime G. Lao, Jr. and executives from the local and national government.

The Darong Import Facility, with a rated capacity of 67 million liters of petroleum products, is targeted to be completed and fully operational by the third quarter of 2024. The facility will be designed, constructed, and operated by SCSC for Shell with an exclusive-use arrangement for a term contract with an option to extend.

SOURCES:
Pilipinas Shell breaks ground new import facility in Mindanao | GMA News Online (gmanetwork.com)
Shell sets up 3rd major import facility in Davao – Manila Bulletin (mb.com.ph)
LOOK: Pilipinas Shell launches… – Philippine News Agency | Facebook
Consunji-Delgado group building Shell’s third largest import facility (bilyonaryo.com)