Elixir Energy to build SSLNG plant in Mongolia

SSLNG plants are now commonplace just to the South of Mongolia in China – where for instance there are over six million gas fired vehicles on the road. The South Gobi hosts a large trucking fleet that currently burns diesel and which could economically be replaced by cleaner and cheaper gas fuelled vehicles. The Tavan Tolgoi mine (located inside Elixir’s PSC) trucks approximately 15 million tpy of coal to China, utilising thousands of trucks.

Given Elixir’s success making Mongolia’s first gas discovery earlier this year, the Company concluded it is now timely to pursue the investigation of this first offtake option. Initial modelling indicates that an SSLNG in this location should be highly profitable. Possible funding sources for this type of project in Mongolia could include the various international financing institutions (IFIs) present in the country and with whom Elixir has an ongoing relationship.

Elixir has partnered with one of Mongolia’s largest fuel retailing firms, MT Group to seek to develop the country’s first SSLNG plant – supplied from local coal bed methane. An MoU that sets out the initial framework for this partnership was recently signed with MT Group.

MT Group was established in 1994 and its core operations comprise fuel retailing facilities across the country – including on the Tavan Tolgoi to China road. It currently sources liquid products for these from the likes of Russia’s Rosneft and Gazpromneft. The company has also expanded its operations into other areas such as telecommunications and resource exploration.

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