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MoUs signed for separate LNG-
to-power projects in Vietnam
PROJECTS & TWO separate projects that will have an LNG according to US government officials on a visit
COMPANIES import component were reported over the past to Hanoi.
week to be advancing in Vietnam. On November “GE will look to supply gas turbines and asso-
19, Nikkei Asian Review reported that PetroVi- ciated equipment and services for the project
etnam Power and a Vietnamese construction estimated at more than $1bn over the lifetime
firm had signed a memorandum of understand- of the project,” a company spokesperson was
ing (MoU) with Japan’s Tokyo Gas and Marubeni quoted by Bloomberg as saying.
to build an LNG-to-power project. The facility That project is being planned to start up by
would be built in Vietnam’s Quang Ninh Prov- 2025. It will also involve Pacific Corp., Vietnam’s
ince at an estimated cost of JPY200bn ($1.9bn). Power Engineering Consulting Joint Stock Com-
The power plant would have a capacity of 1,500 pany 2 (PECC2) and Mitsubishi.
MW. The MoUs come as various similar projects
The partners in the project will now begin a are also advancing in Vietnam, where power
feasibility study and commence negotiations on demand is rising by roughly 10% per year and
power pricing. Start-up of the planned facility is new capacity is urgently needed. It is also hoped
targeted for 2026. that a shift towards LNG will help wean the
Separately, on November 21, General Elec- country off coal as the energy transition gathers
tric (GE) signed an MoU with Vietnam’s EVN pace.
Genco3 to develop the Long Son LNG-to- Indeed, last month, NewsBase reported that
power project in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. Japan’s JERA, ExxonMobil and the city of Hai
GE will be contracted to install the gas tur- Phong had signed an MoU to collaborate on
bine technology and certain other equipment, another potential LNG-to-power project.
AUSTRAL ASIA
Chevron restarts production
at Gorgon Train 2
PROJECTS & CHEVRON has restarted production from Train 1 has been returned to service. The length
COMPANIES Train 2 at its Gorgon LNG terminal in Western of the shutdowns depends on what is discovered
Australia after some delays during the process of during the inspections and whether any repairs
making repairs to propane heat exchangers – or are necessary.
kettles – at the facility. “Insights gained from Train 2 repairs will
Media reported this week that the train had contribute to more efficient inspections and
resumed production. This marks the end of an potential repairs on Trains 1 and 3, with prepa-
outage that started in May when Chevron shut rations underway for shutting down Train 1 for
Train 2 down for scheduled maintenance, sub- inspections,” Chevron was reported as saying on
sequently saying in July it had discovered weld November 24.
quality issues affecting the kettles. The Austral- The AMWU is reported to have remained
ian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) concerned over safety at Gorgon, calling for
said this had resulted in cracks of up to 1 metre an immediate shutdown of the remaining two
long and 30 mm deep, which were found on 8-11 trains for inspections, as well as an independ-
kettles on Train 2. ent investigation into the repairs carried out on
Initially there were concerns that it would be Train 2. However, Chevron has insisted that the
impossible to make repairs to the kettles, and train is now operating safely.
that they would need to be replaced. Chevron Gorgon has a total capacity of 15.6mn tonnes
managed to avoid this, but an initial target of per year (tpy). The facility includes a carbon
restarting Train 2 in September was pushed back capture and storage (CCS) project, but Chev-
to October, and then November. The super-ma- ron has fought a separate battle to operate it. No
jor now has to take Trains 1 and 3 offline to carbon dioxide (CO2) was stored until August
inspect their kettles for similar issues. Train 1 will 2019, more than three years after Gorgon began
be taken offline first, with Train 3 following once exporting LNG.
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