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Renergen to hold South Africa’s first LNG auction

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Renergen has announced the commencement of South Africa’s first LNG auction.

Interested parties are invited to apply to bid for the allocation of LNG, which will be produced from the company’s Virginia Gas Project, located in the Free State, approximately 250 km southwest of Johannesburg. Renergen holds the first and only onshore petroleum production right in South Africa.

With an average of greater than 95% methane and almost zero higher alkanes, Renergen will produce LNG of very high purity, placing the company’s product as the ideal substitute for liquid fuels, which will burn cleaner and release fewer emissions. Importantly consumption of LNG does not require significant changes to the infrastructure required for liquid petroleum gas (LPG), making the switch efficient and cost-effective.

Renergen is the first South African based company to supply LNG, and from domestic supply as opposed to other imported sources. By 2021, the company will complete its Phase 1 expansion plans of the Virginia Gas Project and will be producing LNG and helium. This major milestone will see Renergen become the first distributor of LNG at filling stations (in partnership with Total) in the country and the only domestic producer of helium.

Renergen anticipates that Phase 2 of the Virginia Gas Project will be available by 2023. The company expects demand for LNG to increase significantly across South Africa. Phase 2 production at the Virginia Gas Project will bolster the 2021 Phase 1 production, providing availability of LNG across all major highways in South Africa, with surplus volume to be made available to the market.

Read the article online at: https://www.lngindustry.com/liquid-natural-gas/21072020/renergen-to-hold-south-africas-first-lng-auction/

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