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GLNG AFRICA GLNG

Renergen resumes LNG

production in Free State

after temporary shutdown

LIQUEFACTION SOUTH Africa’s Renergen has resumed LNG exceeding design parameters.”
production after taking its onshore natural gas Renergen is developing three fields near
liquefaction plant offline for several weeks to Welkom, Virginia and Theunissen in Free State
repair a faulty conduction oil system. and using their production as feedstock for its
Renergen had launched the first stage of its LNG plant. The company had previously utilised
LNG plant in Free State in September but sus- gas from the fields to produce CNG but decided
pended operations last month in order to protect several years ago to shift to LNG production. It
its helium and nitrogen modules from damage. has arranged to send of its Phase One LNG pro-
However, the company said in a stock exchange duction to industrial consumers and some pro-
statement dated on November 15 that it had now duction to a local subsidiary of TotalEnergies
completed repairs and testing. As such, it hopes (France) for use as long-haul trucking fuel.
to begin commercial deliveries of LNG to both The plant’s Phase One production capacity
of its local industrial clients – Consol Glass and amounts to around 350 kg per day of helium and
Ceramic Industries, a unit of Italtile – before the 2,500 GJ (48 tonnes) per day of LNG.
end of this week. The South African company also plans to
“Since the repair work was undertaken, the bring a second stage of the LNG plant on stream
system has been thoroughly tested, and the LNG in 2023 or later. Phase Two will include a larg-
system is now operational and producing LNG,” er-capacity helium unit, as the Victoria fields
the statement said. contain unusually high volumes of the inert gas.
“The operations team will now focus on the Sproule, an international energy consulting firm,
remaining modules to allow the helium liquefac- has estimated that these sites may hold as much
tion module to be turned on,” it continued. “The as 9.74bn cubic metres of helium, or more than
helium separation and recovery module is pro- the total proven reserves of North America.™
viding high levels of confidence, with recovery

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