5 Sep 2011 12:09

Datang Power's Keshiketeng coal-to-gas plant goes on-line

Shanghai. September 5. INTERFAX-CHINA - Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd. (Datang Power) started operations at the first phase of its Keshiketeng coal-to-gas (CTG) plant in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region earlier this month after four months of pre-commission checks, state media reported Sept. 4.

Located in Chifeng City's Keshiketeng County, the plant's first phase has capacity to produce 1.34 billion cubic meters (bcm) of synthetic natural gas (SNG) annually, according to the local Chifeng Radio and TV Network.

Fed by Inner Mongolia's Xilinhot City coalfields, the facility is set to produce four bcm of SNG annually to supply Beijing Municipality once all three phases are on-line in 2012.

The project will cost a total of RMB 25.7 billion ($4.02 billion), and includes a 361-kilometer gas pipeline connecting it with Beijing, Interfax previously reported. Construction began in August 2009.

Datang Energy Chemical Co. Ltd., a wholly-owned unit of Datang Power, holds a 54 percent stake in the project, and operates it in partnership with state-owned Beijing Gas Group Co. Ltd., which owns a 34 percent stake.

Datang Power's parent China Datang Corp., meanwhile, holds a 10 percent stake, and the remaining 5 percent is owned by Tianjin Jinneng Investment Co. Ltd.

Datang Power is the listed arm of China Datang Group, one of China's five state-owned power providers.

-TT