Huntly critical as pre-winter gas supplies reduced

Huntly critical as pre-winter gas supplies reduced
Gavin Evans
Genesis Energy’s dual-fuel Rankine units at Huntly may play a critical role maintaining power supplies this winter should further maintenance be required at the Pohokura gas field, a leading analyst says.The three 250 megawatt generators can run on either coal or gas, but burned more coal last year and in late 2018 due to a mix of planned and unplanned maintenance shutdowns at several of the country’s gas fields.Production from Pohokura, the country’s biggest gas producer, is currently halted for four-yearly statutory inspections and certificat...

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