石油设备网讯 据天然气工业6月17日消息称，EVOL液化天然气公司已宣布已与Adaman资源公司的全资子公司Kirkalocka Gold SPV Pty Ltd签署长期协议，以提供液化天然气。
液化天然气将被用来为Kirkalocka金矿提供动力，该金矿位于澳大利亚西部中西部地区Mt Magnet以南约70公里处。该工厂将在停产10多年后重启运营，新东家将对加工厂进行翻新，将产能提高至220万吨/年以上。
根据该声明，该设施将使用液化天然气为Zenith Energy的14.5兆瓦发电站提供燃料，供应定于今年9月开始。
EVOL液化天然气公司批发经理Nick Rea说：“液化天然气的二氧化碳排放量比柴油低25%，而且在最初的6年运营期间，该矿将通过用液化天然气而不是柴油为其发电站提供燃料，来避免5万吨的温室气体排放。这相当于将约3000辆汽车停在路边。”
EVOL声称，它在该矿建立、拥有、运营和维护现场液化天然气储存和蒸发设施。该该设施将采用EVOL的模块化设计，允许快速安装和扩展，以适应矿山日益增长的能源需求。
Adaman资源公司首席执行官Craig Bradshaw表示：“利用液化天然气作为柴油发电的替代能源，将显著降低我们的能源成本，并减少我们受到柴油价格波动影响的风险。根根据目前的柴油价格，我们估计在运营的头六年，我们的能源成本将减少1300多万美元。”
Rea补充说：“天然气管道的短缺和电网电力的缺乏将迫使非电网煤矿使用柴油发电，但我们能够通过液化天然气提供更好的解决方案。它比柴油更干净，安全，可靠，成本更低。”
“过去10年，我们向采矿业证明了自己的实力，目前有7个矿场使用的是EVOL液化天然气。”
曹海斌 摘译自 天然气工业
原文如下：
Australian gold mine to use LNG
EVOL LNG has announced that it has signed a long-term agreement to provide LNG to Adaman Resources’ wholly-owned subsidiary Kirkalocka Gold SPV Pty Ltd.
The LNG will be used to power the Kirkalocka Gold Mine, which is located approximately 70 km south of Mt Magnet in the mid-west region of Western Australia. The plant is set to restart operations after more than a decade of being offline, with the plant’s new owners refurbishing the processing plant and increasing its capacity to over 2.2 million tpy.
According to the statement, the facility will use LNG to fuel Zenith Energy’s 14.5 MW power station, with supply scheduled to begin this September.
EVOL LNG and Wholesale Manager, Nick Rea, said: “LNG produces 25% less CO2 emissions than diesel, and during the initial six years of operation, the mine will avoid 50 000 t of greenhouse gas emissions by fuelling its power station with LNG instead of diesel. This is the equivalent of keeping around 3000 cars off the road.”
EVOL claims that it build, own, operate and maintain the on site LNG storage and vaporisation facility at the mine. The facility will use EVOL’s modular design, which allows for fast installation and expandability to suit the mine’s increasing energy requirements.
Adaman Resources’ Chief Executive Officer, Craig Bradshaw, said: “Utilising LNG as an alternative to diesel-fired generation will significantly reduce our energy costs and exposure to volatile diesel prices. based on the current diesel price, we estimate our energy costs to be reduced by more than $13 million during the first six years of operation.”
Rea added: “The scarcity of gas pipelines and absence of grid power would otherwise force off-grid mines to use diesel for power generation, but we are able to provide a much better solution with LNG. It’s clean, safe, reliable and lower cost than diesel.
“We have proven ourselves to the mining industry over the last decade, with seven mine sites now powered by EVOL LNG.”
