Yemen's first gas power station to begin operation next month
The Source: sabanews.net - 05/06/2009
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The French Total Company currently operating an oil field in the district of Sah, Hadramout, has set June 30 as the final deadline for completing the building of Yemen's first gas power station.The station, to be run by the al-Jazeerah Oil Services Company, will start operations in mid July and supply energy at the areas of the Hadramout Valley and Desert at an initial capacity of 25 megawatts.It will work under power purchase agreement between the company working on the station and the Public Electrical Corporation.Director of the Total's oil filed in south-eastern Yemen said the local government will be responsible for automatic control of the station with the aim to ensure the safety of the workers of the station.For his part, the country director of the al-Jazeerah company Amr Tawfiq Abdul Rahim reviewed his company's efforts to complete all works at the station on time to connect it with the main network, already implemented by the Public Electrical Corporation in the province.He said the station will sell energy to the corporation on a power purchase contract.Inspecting progress on the project, minister of Electricity and Energy Awadh al-Soqutri and Hadramout governor Salim al-Khanbashi were briefed on the various phases of implementation of the project including stretching gas pipelines to connect the station with the main network.Al-Suqutri urged commitment to complete the project on time, underlining the importance of the project which would be the first in Yemen where power shortages have recently drawn the public's criticism who accused the authorities of inefficient response to energy problems.Some power projects are under construction, with the government making major efforts to meet soaring demand of power.Total, France's largest petroleum company and the world's fourth largest oil and gas company, is the main shareholder in the Yemen Giant LNG Project with a stake of 42.90 percent.The $ 4 billion-project will start exporting gas during the second half of this yea
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