Eskom and Sasol Have Signed A Gas MoU Agreement
Friday, September 20, 2024
Eskom and energy and chemical organization, Sasol, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to "collaboratively investigate and investigate possible future liquified natural gas (LNG) requirements".
This is based on a joint statement by the two companies, following the signing ceremony from the MoU on Friday.
"The collaboration aims to determine the possible volumes that South Africa demands to determine a feasible LNG import market, along with the enabling infrastructure, and can be facilitated by governing administration-to-federal government relations exactly where necessary."
"This initiative focuses on utilizing gas for ability generation to supply critical base load electric power and position gas as being a vital enabler of re-industrialisation, although also making sure continued supply to the marketplace by unlocking world 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 eskom learnerships 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 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, sasol learnerships while outlining the challenges associated with the long-term commitments required for LNG imports," the statement said.