Underground Storage Facilities
Operators of salt cavern and depleted reservoir storage.
Market snapshot
These figures describe Storage Terminals & Tank Farms (7.6.7), the segment that Underground Storage Facilities sits within. They are not figures for Underground Storage Facilities on its own.
Not sized separately, because the only classification available is a residual that collects unrelated pipeline activity. Storage economics are counter-cyclical to the rest of this page: tank farms earn most when the forward curve is in contango and traders pay to hold barrels.
Business model & economics
Revenue model
Storage, throughput, and terminal-services fees
Key economics
- Recurring revenue
- High
- EBITDA margin
- Strong
- Capex intensity
- High
recurring storage and throughput contracts
fee-based infrastructure economics
Characteristics
- Tank farms and terminals provide system flexibility.
- Connect pipelines, marine, rail, and trucks.
- Location and connectivity the key assets.
M&A deal context
Who’s acquiring
- Midstream & terminal companies
- Infrastructure funds & investors
- Terminal consolidators
What’s driving deals
- Export-logistics and storage demand.
- Fee-based infrastructure consolidation.
- Terminal connectivity and optionality value.
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