US$12 billion gas-to-power project on right track, PM told Can Tho voters
VOV.VN - All the signed contracts of the US$12 billion Block B - O Mon gas-to-power project are on the right track, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during his meeting with voters of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on May 12.
All the contracts have been signed, and everything is on schedule, said the PM who answered voters’ questions relating to the progress of the mega project.
The voters complained that the value chain project has been put on hold since 2010, impacting production and business activities of households whose land is affected by the project.
According to the Government leader, the first gas flows from Block B are expected to be transferred through the gas pipeline system to the mainland in 2026, and three gas-fired thermal power plants O Mon II, III, & IV are set to be put into operation in 2026, 2027, and 2028 respectively.
The Block B - O Mon gas-to-power project comprises three subprojects: Block B development project (upstream); Block B - O Mon pipeline project (midstream); and four gas-fired thermal power plants O Mon I, II, III, & IV (downstream).
O Mon I plant with a design capacity of 660MW was put into operation in 2009. It is using FO oil as the main fuel. It will switch to using gas when there is gas coming in from the Block B - O Mon gas pipeline project.
The gas exploitation output from Block B is expected to be about 5.06 billion m3/year, supplying a complex of the four power plants at O Mon Power Center, with a total estimated installed capacity of up to 3,800 MW.
