10 million standard cubic feet of gas will be pumped daily to run the Port Moresby Power Station once it is operational.
Expected to be fully functional by January 2019, the power project will use natural gas supplied by the PNG LNG project to feed six high efficiency reciprocating gas engines and generators.
It will produce 58MW base load power to the Port Moresby power grid through a new 66kv power line and substation network.
In a tour of the power project adjacent to the PNG LNG Plant, operator Niu Power says the project is halfway done.
“We are 50 percent plus on track, and we should be ready by January next year, the power should be on the Port Moresby Grid,” said Niu Power, civil structural inspector, Rodney Ipape.
The POM Power station is a nation building infrastructure project being developed by Niu Power, a partnership between Oil Search Limited and Kumul Petroleum Holdings.
“They are very focused on making sure that the gas that comes out of PNG is used to the greatest extent possible to support the development of the country. And this is very much part of that,” said Robinson.
The POM Power Station uses natural gas supplied by the PNG LNG project to feed six high efficiency reciprocating gas engines and generators.
It will produce 58MW base load power to the Port Moresby power grid through a new 66kv power line and substation network.
The project development is undertaken by Clough in consortium with Wartsila for the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract, and includes local sub-contractors.