CRC Oil Storage Depot
CRC Oil Storage Depot was an oil terminal in Hong Kong owned by China Resources Petroleum Company Limited. The oil storage depot was located on Nga Ying Chau, a former island off Tsing Yi.
Esso Standard Oil Limited owned the depot. Esso gave Gammon a £222,000 contract to do excavation for its oil storage facility. The project consisted of reclaiming a seven-acre site. Around February 1965, Gammon started the reclamation project. Esso also gave Gammon Ltd a £172,000 contract to build the docking infrastructure to support the oil terminal. By October 1965, two-thirds of the work had been done.
The depot was in 1987 and had the ability to hold of oil and associated materials. The site had 23 oil tankers in 1990.
The site is now occupied by the Villa Esplanada private housing estate.