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WOC to restart El-Farag gas field’s

second stage next month

LIBYA WAHA Oil Co. (WOC), a subsidiary of Libya’s “This is a vital, important and strategic pro-
National Oil Corp. (NOC), is on track to bring ject that will support the electric power plants,
the second stage of the El-Farag natural gas field and despite the scarcity of spare parts due to
back online in less than two weeks. poor funding and the country’s conditions, we
In a statement dated March 26, WOC said it will work to operate the second phase soon,” he
aimed to restart production at El-Farag’s second was quoted as saying in the company’s statement.
stage as of April 7. This will bring the field’s total El-Farag is one of the fields that WOC oper-
gas output up from the current level of 70mn ates in the eastern section of Libya’s Sirte Basin.
cubic feet (1.982mn cubic metres) per day to 180 Its first stage came back online last November
mmcf (5.097 mcm) per day, said WOC’s chair- after an eight-month hiatus related to armed
man, Nouri Al-Seid. conflict between the country’s warring factions.
He also reported that gas condensate yields That conflict was settled with the signing of a
were expected to remain steady at 15,000 bar- ceasefire agreement last autumn between the
rels per day (bpd). WOC pipes condensate UN-backed Government of National Accord
from El-Farag to the Gialo field so that it can be (GNA), based in Tripoli, and the Libyan National
blended into Es Sider crude oil for export, he Army (LNA), led by Khalifa Haftar.
noted. The parties have now appointed a unity gov-
Al-Seid further stated the resumption of ernment that will remain in control until elec-
development work at El-Farag’s second stage tions are held in December. In the meantime,
would benefit Libya’s power-generating sector. NOC and its subsidiaries are working to repair
WOC sends gas from the field to the Sarir ther- the damage that was inflicted upon oil and gas
mal power plant (TPP) by pipeline for use in infrastructure during last year’s fighting.™
electricity production, he explained.

POWERSHIPS

Karpowership to sign 20 year

electricity contract with South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA FLOATING power plant company Karpower- and may not always include fuel supply.
ship, owned by Turkish conglomerate Karadeniz banon paid 5 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh)
Energy Group, is on track to sign a new 20-year on a 3-year contract, according to data compiled
contract with South Africa to supply electricity by Bloomberg.
via three floating liquified natural gas (LNG) “Costs are kept low by Karpowership’s reach
units with a combined capacity of 1,220MW, into the LNG market and an exclusive, long-term
Bloomberg reported on March 26. deal with Shell,” the company was cited as saying.
The contract is costed at an overall South Karpowership has been active in South Africa
African rand (ZRY) 218bn ($15bn) on the basis for at least six years, while the country’s Depart-
of an annual ZRY 10.9bn charged to the South ment of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
African government, according to the country’s last year revoked an environmental exemption
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. granted to the company after it failed to fully dis-
South Africa’s evaluation price posted for close its reasons for the application.
Karpowership’s Saldanha project is about 11 Power ship contracts have so far had tenors
cents per kilowatt hour for 20 years. extending to a maximum 10 years, Bloomberg
The final cost for the electricity could change analyst Antoine Vagneur-Jones noted.
due to the makeup of the tariff. In January, representatives of Karpowership
“Karpowership South Africa charges a single met with Cameroonian PM Joseph Dion Ngute
price covering the fixed costs for its power ships to discuss a possible deal.
and variable charges for fuel and operations,” the Karpowership director Zeynep Harezi said
company told Bloomberg. that the company was aiming to install two
Prices have varied on Karpowership contracts floating power plant ships to supply two Western

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