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engineering, procurement and construction and extend its maintenance interval by up to
(EPC) contractor, Samsung C&T, had opted to 32,000 hours.
use its advanced gas path (AGP) technology. The CEO of Reliance Bangladesh LNG &
While two GE 9F gas turbines, one GE D11 Power, the joint venture set up to develop the
steam turbine and three H53 generators were TPP, Ranjan Lohar, said: “The project will give
slated to be installed at the plant, GE said that tremendous boost to the economic and indus-
following the AGP contract would involve two trial growth of Bangladesh and help to enhance
GE 9F.03 gas turbines upgrades, steam turbine the energy supply with clean and reliable LNG-
refurbishment, control upgrades and parts sup- based power.”
ply. GE said the plant would be able to generate Bangladesh is boosting its consumption of
enough electricity to supply more than 850,000 LNG, after soaring residential and power sector
homes when finished. demand for gas outpaced domestic production
The upgrade is expected to boost power out- capacity several years ago. The emergence of sup-
put by up to 6.7%, heat by up to 3.3% and effi- ply shortages has led to rolling blackouts, which
ciency by up to 2%. Moreover, the technology have dragged on economic growth.™Body first
should enhance the plant’s operational flexibility par.™

PetroVietnam units team up on LNG projects

STATE-OWNED PetroVietnam Gas (PV Gas), 34% and 15% respectively.
VIETNAM has teamed up with a number of other PetroVi- The gas utility has also signed a co-operation
etnam subsidiaries to develop projects that will agreement with PetroVietnam Chemical and
take advantage of its first liquefied natural gas Services (PV Chem) that will see the former
(LNG) terminal. supply cold energy from the Thi Vai project to
PV Gas began work on the Thi Vai LNG, PV Chem’s industrial gas plants. The two are also
which is also Vietnam’s first LNG import pro- to be understood to be looking at other ways that
ject, in October 2019. In preparation for the LNG cold energy can be used to improve the
facility’s start-up, slated for 2022, PV Gas has project’s economic benefits.
signed a business co-operation contract (BCC) PV Gas’ import terminal project will have an
with PetroVietnam Power (PV Power) and Pet- initial capacity of 1mn tonnes per year, with an
roVietnam Technical Service (PTSC) to develop estimated price tag of $285mn. A second phase
LNG-to-power projects. of development is expected to expand the termi-
Under the BCC, which was signed on August nal’s capacity to 3mn tpy by 2023.
3, the three companies will invest in new gas sup- Local news outlet VNA quoted PetroViet-
ply infrastructure to feed the Nhon Trach 1 and nam general director Le Manh Hung as saying
Nhon Trach 1A thermal power plants (TPPs). A the agreement would allow the group’s subsid-
second phase of investment, targeting the Nhon iaries to consolidate their resources and is part
Trach 5 power project, is also being considered. of the group’s response to the “twin crises” of the
PV Gas is expected to cover 51% of project coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the oil
funding, while PTSC and PV Power will cover price collapse.™

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