Jaarverslag 2014

Construction contract of the industrial facilities advanced
to the selection of a preferred contractor. The works for
site preparation for the industrial facilities were awarded;
the 2014 year-end progress is approximately 22%.
Uncertainty of the engagement of an agriculture partner
and budget adjustments due to lower oil prices, this
project has been put on hold as of December 2014.
Solar energy pilot project
In 2014 a 30 kW grid connected Photovoltaic (PV) Solar
Energy System, without backup battery, was built on the
premises of the head office at Flora.
The objective of the Staatsolie Solar Energy demonstration
project is to :
• Gain more insight in the solar energy potential;
• Gain knowledge and experience with respect to
solar energy system design, construction, operation
performance and integration with existing utilized
power system;
• Collect data to validate technical and economic
feasibility for future large scale application.
As of March 2015 the system will be operational.
Commissioning and start-up activities started in August
2014 and are progressing well. The team will be
overseeing first production of Staatsolie diesel, Fuel oil
and Bitumen in the first quarter 2015 and working on
starting-up premium Diesel and Gasoline production in
the second half of 2015.
Business Development
Sugarcane to ethanol
The sugarcane to ethanol project in Wageningen was
initiated with the aim to produce 40 million liters of
fuel ethanol, 42,500 metric tons of raw sugar per year
and 14 MW of green electricity for the Nickerie grid.
In 2014, land development activities for a 300 hectares
sugarcane nursery continued while the works for an
initial 150 ha production acreage were awarded and
started. The tender for the Engineering, Procurement &
BiosolarCells/AlgaeParc
Staatsolie continued the partnership with the
BiosolarCells/AlgaeParc Consortium in the Netherlands
in 2014. The goal of this project was to bridge the gap
between fundamental research on algae and full scale
commercial bio fuels, protein and chemicals production.
In 2014, progress was made in optimizing productivity
of open and closed outdoor bioreactors, leading to
lower production costs and higher yields. A business
case was developed for large scale deployment, which
will enable the industrial partners to make feasibility
studies. Even with this exciting progress, commercial
fuel production from Algae is still years away and needs
further optimizations to be viable.
Corporate Services
Health, Safety, Environment and Quality
The Health and Safety department focused on
improvement of safety awareness and safety behavior of
both Staatsolie and contractor personnel, with the slogan:
“Safety is everyone’s responsibility”. Several Health,
Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) training courses
were executed in 2014 to contribute to improved results.
To support HSEQ alertness two HSEQ-days were held
spread over 2014, instead of one HSEQ-week. Staatsolie
incurred twelve lost time incidents in 2014 compared
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