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UC RUSAL switching J'can alumina refineries to gas
Friday, April 26, 2013
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RUSSIAN aluminium producer UC RUSAL yesterday announced that it would begin modernisation of its Alpart and Windalco alumina refineries in Jamaica, which will include a shift from fuel oil to gas as their main energy source.
"We expect that this modernisation will enable us to restart [the] idled Alpart and Kirkvine refineries," a UC RUSAL news release quoted Vladislav Soloviev, first deputy CEO.
The company said it expects that the natural gas supplies to the three plants will begin in 2016 and explained that it will implement the programme in collaboration with BP Energy Company (BPEC) of the United States and Sea One AG, a Swiss company.
"The natural gas is to be supplied from the United States under long-term contracts with BPEC [and] will be delivered to Jamaica through Sea One AG's unique and proprietary LNG Lite Marine Gas Monetisation System," UC RUSAL said.
"This system enables the natural gas, purchased from BPEC, to be liquefied at non-cryogenic temperatures at a facility expected to be located in Pascagoula, Mississippi and then loaded and transported on ocean-going carriers to a receiving facility expected to be located at Port Esquivel where the gas cargo will be fractionated and delivered to UC RUSAL's plants and facilities via new pipeline interconnects," the company explained.
According to the aluminium producer, the costs associated with this long-term natural gas supply project will be substantially less than LNG or heavy oil schemes.
"The full value chain gas supply and delivery project is being developed jointly by BP Energy Company, Sea One AG and RUSAL," the company added.
"The surplus of alumina in the Atlantic region requires us to focus on the cost control. Shifting steam production to gas will boost performance of our Jamaican refineries as the steam generation forms a great part of our cost of sales," said Soloviev.
"We plan that alumina produced at these facilities will feed our cutting-edge greenfield smelters in Eastern Siberia, which are to start operations gradually in the next several years. The project will also give a positive impact to the economy of Jamaica, bringing new jobs at the refineries and at the construction sites," Soloviev added.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2RaKmsAS7
UC RUSAL switching J'can alumina refineries to gas
Friday, April 26, 2013
Print this page Email A Friend!
RUSSIAN aluminium producer UC RUSAL yesterday announced that it would begin modernisation of its Alpart and Windalco alumina refineries in Jamaica, which will include a shift from fuel oil to gas as their main energy source.
"We expect that this modernisation will enable us to restart [the] idled Alpart and Kirkvine refineries," a UC RUSAL news release quoted Vladislav Soloviev, first deputy CEO.
The company said it expects that the natural gas supplies to the three plants will begin in 2016 and explained that it will implement the programme in collaboration with BP Energy Company (BPEC) of the United States and Sea One AG, a Swiss company.
"The natural gas is to be supplied from the United States under long-term contracts with BPEC [and] will be delivered to Jamaica through Sea One AG's unique and proprietary LNG Lite Marine Gas Monetisation System," UC RUSAL said.
"This system enables the natural gas, purchased from BPEC, to be liquefied at non-cryogenic temperatures at a facility expected to be located in Pascagoula, Mississippi and then loaded and transported on ocean-going carriers to a receiving facility expected to be located at Port Esquivel where the gas cargo will be fractionated and delivered to UC RUSAL's plants and facilities via new pipeline interconnects," the company explained.
According to the aluminium producer, the costs associated with this long-term natural gas supply project will be substantially less than LNG or heavy oil schemes.
"The full value chain gas supply and delivery project is being developed jointly by BP Energy Company, Sea One AG and RUSAL," the company added.
"The surplus of alumina in the Atlantic region requires us to focus on the cost control. Shifting steam production to gas will boost performance of our Jamaican refineries as the steam generation forms a great part of our cost of sales," said Soloviev.
"We plan that alumina produced at these facilities will feed our cutting-edge greenfield smelters in Eastern Siberia, which are to start operations gradually in the next several years. The project will also give a positive impact to the economy of Jamaica, bringing new jobs at the refineries and at the construction sites," Soloviev added.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2RaKmsAS7