Eskom and Sasol Have Signed A Gas-For-Power MoU Document
Eskom and Sasol Have Signed A Gas-For-Power MoU Document
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Friday, September 20, 2024
Eskom and energy and chemical organization, Sasol, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to "collaboratively discover and study potential future liquified natural gas (LNG) requirements".
This is according to a joint statement by the two companies, following the signing ceremony of the MoU on Friday.
"The collaboration aims to find out the potential volumes that South Africa calls for to determine a practical LNG import marketplace, combined with the enabling infrastructure, and can be facilitated by governing administration-to-government relations in which needed."
"This initiative concentrates on working with fuel for ability generation to deliver critical base load electricity and position gas for a vital enabler of re-industrialisation, though also making sure continued supply to the market 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 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 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, suppliers, and infrastructure developers.
"The research findings from the first eskom vacancies phase of the sasol vacancies 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.