26.05.2011 Black & Veatch Press center
Long Phu 1 Coal-Fired Power Plant to help meet country’s growing electricity demand
PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC) has selected Black & Veatch to provide project management and design services for the Long Phu 1 Power Plant. The plant is located in the Long Phu District, Soc Trang province in the south of the country and will supply much-needed additional power to the national electric grid, especially to more than 16 million people in the Mekong Delta Region.
“Apart from engineering and project management consulting experience, Black & Veatch has experience as an EPC contractor in the power sector, which is of great importance in assisting PTSC with the engineering and construction of the Long Phu 1 Power Plant Project,” said Nguyen Tran Toan, Deputy General Director of PTSC.
PTSC is the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the project and is a member of the Vietnam Oil & Gas Group (PetroVietnam), the project owner. PetroVietnam Power, also a member of PetroVietnam, will operate the plant and deliver electricity to the Vietnam grid system.
“Black & Veatch Program Management professionals will be an integral part of the PTSC team, supporting them in meeting the operational goals,” said John Morrow, Project Manager for Black & Veatch.
The Vietnam Government projects the country’s economy will grow at a rate of 7.5-to-8 percent annually, over the next five years. The Long Phu 1 Power Plant will provide an essential source of energy to support Vietnam’s growing economy. Provisional acceptance for the two, 600-megawatt units is scheduled in 2014.
“Rapid urbanization, manufacturing growth and a strong interest in the nation’s rich deposits of rare earth metals are putting pressure on Vietnam’s power grid,” said Gary Morrow, Senior Vice President and Director of Power Generation Services for Black & Veatch. “PTSC’s strong technical capabilities and their leadership in Oil & Gas combined with Black & Veatch’s leading design and implementation knowledge and our global reach is an example of how international partnerships can deliver innovative, quality solutions to meet Vietnam’s growing power needs.”
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Editor’s Notes
The Long Phu 1 Thermal Power Plant Project is a coal-fueled facility and will use highly efficient supercritical technology. Supercritical technology achieves lower carbon and other emissions than subcritical plants of the same power output because it enables plant operators to use less fuel per unit of electricity generated.
In addition to using highly-efficient supercritical technology, the Long Phu 1 Thermal Power Plant will also include wet scrubbers and electrostatic precipitators for air emissions controls.
The facility will consist of two, 600-megawatt (MW) units. It is the first of three planned power plants at the Long Phu Power Center. When completed, the center will have a combined capacity of 4,400 MW.
The Vietnamese Government has announced plans to build 90 coal-fired power plants by the year 2025. These facilities will have a combined capacity of 106,000 MW and represent an investment of US $83 billion.
PetroVietnam plans to invest in, develop, construct and operate 9,000 additional megawatts of power generation capacity to meet 20 percent of the national electricity demand by 2015. Long Phu 1 is one of the power plant projects in the plan.
Black & Veatch has provided vital water and energy infrastructure in Vietnam for more than 20 years.
Since 1989, the company has completed more than 20 water-related projects in Vietnam and has an additional five water projects underway.
The company’s energy business has also completed five consulting service projects and one engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) project.
In 2008, Black & Veatch was presented a Safety Excellence Award from the Vietnam Government for “exceptional safety procedures and training” during the construction of the Saigon Hi-Tech Park transmission project. Black & Veatch provided EPC services for this project.
About PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation
PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC – www.ptsc.com.vn) is a public company listed on Hanoi Stock Trading Centre (Stock Symbol: PVS) and a member of the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) providing diversified technical services for the oil and gas industry inside and outside Vietnam. PTSC now has more than 8,300 experienced and qualified employees. Total asset value of PTSC is now 17,513.200 million dong and the 2010 revenue is 20,789.000 million dong (more than 1 billion USD). With more than 20 subsidiaries, member companies, and branches inside and outside Vietnam, PTSC has become a multi-sector corporation and a leader in providing oil and gas technical services in Vietnam.
About Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch (www.bv.com) is a global leader in the consulting, engineering, construction and operation of what the world needs now and in the future in the crucial areas of energy, water and telecommunications and in providing up-to-the-minute services in the fast changing federal and environmental markets. Founded in 1915, the employee-owned, $2.3 billion company operates out of more than 110 offices worldwide and has completed projects in more than 100 countries.