The Chairman of CLH holds a meeting with the President of the Autonomous Community of Extremadura

• The Chairman of CLH, José Luis López de Silanes, held a meeting today in Mérida with the President of the Regional Government of Extremadura, José Antonio Monago, to explain about the company's activities and the latest investments to be made

The Chairman of CLH, José Luis Lopez de Silanes, held a meeting today in Mérida with the President of the Community of Extremadura, José Antonio Monago. During his visit, the Chairman of CLH explained about the company's activities and the investments, amounting to more than 3 million euros, that the company has made in the Community during the 2007-2013 period, which have enabled it to make its infrastructures ready to meet fuel supply demands in the Community over the next decade.

One of the most important projects to be implemented was the expansion of storage capacity at the facility in Mérida. The work involved an investment of 2.7 million euros and consisted of building three new storage tanks that have increased the facility's storage capacity.

In addition to that, CLH invested 0.5 million euros in improvements to the fuel discharge area and the safety and environmental protection systems.

CLH presence in the Community of Extremadura

Compañía Logística de Hidrocarburos CLH is the leading company in the Spanish market for the transportation and storage of oil products, with a pipeline network over 4,000 kilometres long and 39 storage facilities that have a total capacity of 8 million cubic metres, as well as  28 airport facilities.

Besides the storage facility that CLH has in Mérida, the company also has a pipeline 120 kilometres long in Extremadura and provides into-plane aviation kerosene supply services at Badajoz airport.

During 2013, the CLH Group supplied around 1 million cubic metres of fuels from the Mérida facility to the various oil product operators doing business in the Community of Extremadura to meet the demand from end-users.