The US-based Black & Veatch will provide project management and
design services for the 1,200 MW Long Phu 1 Power Plant in southern Soc
Trang province, its contractor, Petro Vietnam Technical Services
Corporation (PTSC), said on May 26.
"Apart from
engineering and project management consulting experience, Black &
Veatch has experience as an EPC (Engineering, Procurement and
Construction) contractor in the power sector, which is of great
importance in assisting PTSC with the engineering and construction of
the [power plant]," Nguyen Tran Toan, deputy general director of PTSC,
said.
PTSC is a subsidiary of PetroVietnam, the
investor, and is the engineering, procurement, and construction
contractor for the plant.
PetroVietnam Power, another subsidiary, will operate the plant.
"PTSC's strong technical capabilities and their leadership in oil and
gas combined with Black & Veatch's design and implementation
knowledge is an example of how international partnerships can deliver
innovative, quality solutions to meet Vietnam's growing power needs”,
Gary Morrow, the US firm's senior vice president and director of power
generation services, said.
Long Phu will be a coal-fueled facility and use the highly efficient super-critical technology.
The facility will consist of two 600 MW units. It will be the first of
three planned power plants at the Long Phu Power Centre which will have
a total capacity of 4,400 MW.
The Government has
announced plans to build 90 coal-fired plants by 2025 at a cost of 83
billion USD and a combined capacity of 106,000MW.
PetroVietnam plans to add 9,000MW of power generation capacity by 2015./.