Angola inaugurates key link in its downstream plans

Angola has inaugurated the second phase of its USD 42.8-million Falcão project that supplies gas to the Soyo power plant on the nation’s northwestern coast, local news announced on Thursday.

The second phase, dubbed Falcão 2, involved constructing support infrastructure for the reception, distribution, conditioning and handling of wet and dry gas in addition to maintenance equipment and systems for liquid removal. The project took 26 months to complete.

The new infrastructure ups supply to Soyo power plant located in Kintambi on the outskirts of Soyo by 50 mcf of gas per day, upping total feed to the facility to 150 mcf of gas per day.

The first phase involved constructing an 8.5-kilometre pipeline between the USD 12-billion Angola LNG facility in Soyo where the gas is sourced.

The original infrastructure supplied the power plant with 75 mcf of gas per day and was completed in December 2017.

Angola’s Sonangol oversaw construction of the project.

The 750-MW Soyo thermal plant project consists of six combined cycle turbines, two steam and four gas.

According to Minister of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas Diamond Azevedo, the project represents a key step in the opening of a future ammonia and urea production unit in the area.