Blue Gas invests $20 million for a new LPG terminal in Lami

Blue Gas Fiji Limited is investing $20 million for a new LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) terminal in Delainavesi in Lami.

The new investment is expected to employ 70 to 100 people.

Till now the company was forced to service all customers from its only storage depot in Vuda. The new terminal will allow Blue Gas to receive bulk gas directly from ships into its Suva terminal and avoid the risks entailed in transporting large volumes of fuel by road from Vuda to the Suva region.

Blue Gas is 100% locally owned Petroleum & Gas Company, a subsidiary of Hari Punja & Sons Pte Ltd, also a 100% locally owned company.

Blue Gas Fiji Limited Managing Director Ajay Punja says the company was founded in 1990 and it’s entry into the market not only made LPG cheaper for consumers, it also eliminated the long wait that consumers had to suffer for supplies.

Punja says the company has grown in leaps and bounds and become a supplier of choice for domestic consumers, the majority of tourism resorts, restaurants, bakeries, hospitality sector and other institutions across Viti Levu.

He says this growth in demand is one of the main reasons for Blue Gas setting up the new terminal in Suva.

Blue Gas has also recently acquired a brand-new barge worth $3.5 million that will service remote islands.

He says they have also set sights on Vanua Levu where it does not operate at present but has acquired 2.5 acres land near Savusavu for setting up its next storage terminal.

Punja says once done, it hopes to service the whole of Vanua Levu, Taveuni, Rabi and nearby islands.