A UNIT of Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc. said it completed the first phase of construction of its asphalt plant in Batangas which is now supplying products to contractors in the country.
The storage facility owned by Phoenix Asphalt Philippines, Inc. features two vertical tanks that can store 6,200 metric tons of hot mix asphalt, or bitumen, with grade 60/70 which is used for road constructions.
The plant located in Calaca also has a loading gantry with a weighbridge capacity of 80 metric tons that is equipped with two loading bays, as well as a 2.5 million kilocalorie-capacity hot oil unit and a back-up generator set with 350 kilovolt-ampere capacity.
“Phoenix Asphalt aims to help build better roads and better runaways. We are on track with this goal and are now ready to provide high-quality asphalt products that will help support the various infrastructure developments in the country,” Phoenix President and Chief Operating Officer Henry R. Fadullon was quoted as saying in a statement on Wednesday.
The company imports most of its naphthenic asphalt from its partner asphalt refinery in Malaysia.
Among other features of the asphalt plant are a central fire station, a material recovery facility, a technology showroom, and an asphalt laboratory.
Phoenix Asphalt will pursue the second phase of the plant’s construction early next year. It will be building polymer-modified bitumen and emulsion facilities around the site.
The Calaca asphalt plant, which construction started in February 2019, is part of the Phoenix’s deal with Thailand-based TIPCO Asphalt Public Co. Ltd. and PhilAsphalt Development Corp. in 2018. The consortium is meant to operate, market, and distribute bitumen and bitumen-related products in the Philippines. — Adam J. Ang
