Eskom and Sasol Have Signed A Gas MoU Arrangement
Eskom and Sasol Have Signed A Gas MoU Arrangement
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Friday, September 20, 2024
Eskom and energy and chemical company, Sasol, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to "collaboratively discover and research possible future liquified natural gas (LNG) requirements".
This is according to a joint statement by the two corporations, following the signing ceremony of the MoU on Friday.
"The collaboration aims to ascertain the probable volumes that South Africa demands to determine a feasible LNG import industry, along with the enabling infrastructure, and can be facilitated by governing administration-to-governing administration relations where by vital."
"This initiative focuses on employing fuel for electricity generation to provide vital base load electrical energy and position gas for a key enabler of re-industrialisation, even though also making sure ongoing supply to the market by unlocking world-wide 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 sasol vacancies 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 sasol learnerships 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 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 eskom vacancies associated with the long-term commitments required for LNG imports," the statement said.