LNG

Feb 15 (LNGJ) - Renergen, South Africa’s small-scale liquefied natural gas and liquefied helium production company, has re-started LNG deliveries after a maintenance outage. The LNG plant is part of the Virginia Gas project located about 250 kilometres southwest of Johannesburg. “The delays suffered during the planned maintenance outage were primarily as a result of the scheduled maintenance period being brought forward to coincide with a helium coldbox repair,” said Renergen.

   “The shut-down ran longer than expected owing to unexpected challenges experienced with the primary mixed-refrigerant compressor,” the company added in a statement to reassure investors. “The company will seek to obtain relief from insurance cover and or a contractual claim against its suppliers,” added Renergen.

March 15 (LNGJ) - Renergen, the South African developer of the Virginia Gas Project in the Free State with helium and LNG production planned, said on March 14 it had lined up Ivanhoe Mines, a Canadian-listed owner of South African mining interests, as a potential strategic partner after it acquired a 4.35 percent stake in Renergen.

   “Ivanhoe is an ideal partner to stand alongside Renergen in the development of its world-class helium reserves at Virginia,” said David King, Chairman of Renergen, which is listed on the Johannesburg and Australian securities exchanges. Ivanhoe’s Platreef project is in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province and is targeting palladium, platinum, rhodium, nickel, copper and gold. The Ivanhoe Co-Chairs are Robert Friedland and Yufeng “Miles” Sun.

Renergen, the emerging South African natural gas and helium company with liquefied natural gas and liquefied helium production plans, said its renewed drilling programme had progressed well as part of the Virginia Gas project at the base of the Karoo formation.

Renergen, the emerging South African natural gas and helium company with liquefied natural gas and liquefied helium production plans as part of the Virginia Gas project in the Free State, has announced very positive laboratory results on commercial helium concentrations, boosting its share price.

Renergen, the emerging South African domestic natural gas and helium producer with LNG production plans, has awarded the front-end engineering and design work to Italian energy contractor Saipem for the downstream development of the Virginia Gas project in the Free State.