(WO) – Perenco Cameroon introduced the launch of the Perenco Group’s first gas-to-industry provide mission in Central Africa with supply of fuel from the Bipaga Gasoline Processing Centre, operated by Perenco Cameroon, to the ceramic manufacturing plant of Keda Ceramics.
The fuel is being transported through the 6 km pipeline constructed and operated by the Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH) and is getting used to energy the manufacturing facility’s electrical turbines, in addition to the kilns obligatory for the manufacturing of ceramic tiles by Keda.
Following the commissioning section, the manufacturing facility will devour as much as 6 MMcfd and can make sure the manufacturing of roughly 20 million m2 of tiles of various sizes meant for the native Cameroonian market, which equates to roughly two thirds of the home requirement. The beginning of manufacturing of this necessary manufacturing facility, the biggest in operation in Central Africa, will assist to create roughly 2,000 direct and oblique jobs within the Kribi area.
The availability of fuel from the Bipaga Processing Centre, framed by a fuel gross sales contract (GSA) signed in September 2022 between Perenco Cameroon and its associate SNH, ensures the provision of fuel for 20 years.
This new power provide is essential to regional industrial improvement and allows Keda to attain the required technical specs for probably the most economical manufacturing of ceramics, whereas utilising clear, low-cost power.
Keda Ceramics is now a brand new industrial shopper for the Sanaga Sud Affiliation and its companions Perenco Cameroon and SNH. This mission represents a big progress alternative which secures the economic way forward for the Bipaga-Sanaga web site and allows Perenco Cameroon to pursue its fuel technique initiated 15 years in the past.
Yves Postec, MD of Perenco in Cameroon, commented, “Perenco Cameroon’s first gas-to-industry mission marks an necessary milestone and strengthens the fruitful and historic partnership between Perenco Cameroon and SNH. The supply of fuel to Keda Ceramics builds upon our profitable observe file of mission supply in collaboration with SNH in Cameroon, such because the 20 yr manufacturing sharing settlement for Rio del Rey signed final yr and our joint contract for Golar LNG’s Hilli FLNG unit.
Our aim in delivering these initiatives is centred on exploiting and creating Cameroon’s fuel assets to help the social, industrial and financial improvement of Cameroon. Perenco Cameroon’s efforts to attain this aim are solely made potential by our continued cooperation with our companions at SNH who share our imaginative and prescient for remodeling Cameroon.”
