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LNG from the Virginia
project will be used as
trucking fuel.

Saipem enlisted for South

African LNG FEED

SOUTH AFRICA ITALY’S Saipem has been enlisted to undertake Meanwhile Canada’s Sproule will evaluate
front-end engineering design (FEED) work for and certify Virginia’s second-phase reserves. It
the second phase of Renergen’s Virginia LNG will base its estimates on additional data acquisi-
and helium project in South Africa. tion and drilling work currently underway. The
Saipem will design facilities for producing company bought MHA Petroleum Consultants
LNG and liquefied helium, including a gas in 2019, which had previously been taking part
purification unit and a gas liquefaction unit in the project.
that employs its own LiqueflexTM-N2 tech- The three companies will present their stud-
nology. It will also draw up plans for product ies in the second quarter of this year, after which
storage and offloading units and associated Renergen expects to take a final investment deci-
utilities. sion (FID). Hiring the trio is a “significant step
Virginia will draw from gas fields across forward in the planning of Phase 2, as it not only
Welkom, Virginia and Theunissen in South Afri- defines the total capital expenditure required
ca’s Free State that contain very high quantities but will clearly help define the project’s financial
of helium. Its first phase is due to start up later parameters,” Renergen CEO Stefano Marani has
this year and produce at a rate of 350 kg per day said.
of helium and 2,500 GJ of LNG. The helium will Saipem’s XSIGHT unit will be working on the
be exported, while the LNG will be used domes- Virginia facilities, with its upstream and LNG
tically, primarily for long-haul vehicle transport. product manager saying the company’s technol-
The second stage will be “significantly more ogies “for small to mid-scale natural gas liquefac-
substantial,” Renergen has said. tion plants fully fit for this application, thanks to
The Johannesburg-based developer has also their flexibility and robustness.”
hired South Africa’s EPCM Holdings for FEED Renergen has struck deals with South Afri-
work on a gas gathering system for the second ca’s Bulk Hauliers International Transport and
phase. The company is currently constructing France’s Total on the supply of LNG from Vir-
the first-phase pipeline. ginia for vehicle fuel. ™

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