Eskom and Sasol Have Signed A Gas-For-Fuel MoU Agreement
Eskom and Sasol Have Signed A Gas-For-Fuel MoU Agreement
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Friday, September 20, 2024
Eskom and energy and chemical enterprise, Sasol, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to "collaboratively explore and study potential long term liquified natural gas (LNG) requirements".
This is based on a joint statement by the two firms, following the signing ceremony of the MoU on Friday.
"The collaboration aims to ascertain the probable volumes that South Africa requires to determine a practical LNG import sector, together with the enabling infrastructure, and may be facilitated by authorities-to-government relations where by vital."
"This initiative focuses on making use of gas for power generation to provide important base load energy and position gas being a important enabler of re-industrialisation, though also guaranteeing ongoing supply to the marketplace by unlocking international LNG resources.
"Furthermore, the collaboration will contribute to enhancing South Africa’s energy mix and enable the country's energy transition and decarbonisation," the joint statement read.
The MoU is expected to "explore sourcing gas within South Africa, the Southern African Development Community region, and other parts of the African continent, in addition to evaluating long-term LNG contracting".
"This will support the gas requirements sasol careers for Eskom’s planned coal power station repowering and conversion to gas in the long term. The parties will also engage other state entities to enable an LNG value chain in South Africa.
"As part eskom careers of its revised gas strategy, Sasol is working on enabling the future supply of LNG to South Africa by collaborating with companies such as Eskom, existing and future customers, sasol vacancies suppliers, and infrastructure developers.
"The research findings from the first phase of the Sasol-Eskom collaboration will guide the necessary role players and investors required to offer the best prospects for South Africa's energy market, while outlining the challenges associated with the long-term commitments required for LNG imports," the statement said.