Renergen is delivering the country’s first LNG to Ardagh Glass Packaging & Ceramic Industries following the completion of site installations. Renergen, a natural gas and helium producer, is proud to announce the ongoing deliveries of LNG from Phase 1 of their Virginia Gas Project to Ardagh Glass Packaging (previously Consol Glass) and Ceramic Industries Pty Ltd (Ceramic Industries), a subsidiary of Italtile Ltd.
Renergen provides LNG to Ardagh Glass Packaging and Ceramic Industries under 5-year contracts. The LNG delivery will replace LPG at Ardagh Glass’s Bellville operation in the Western Cape and look to supplement Ceramic Industries pipeline natural gas supply in its Vanderbijlpark operations. Both customers will use LNG as a fuel heat source for their processing plants.
Renergen was required to construct a turnkey facility for both customers and will, throughout the original contract duration, maintain the LNG equipment and storage facilities placed at both customers’ premises.
“Commercial LNG is now finally a reality in South Africa, and the best part is that it is not imported but rather produced locally, contributing to the country’s energy security. We are proud to have finally achieved this enormous milestone and grateful to our customers who have decided to walk this journey with us. We look forward to becoming an integral component of their energy system as we explore future expansion in the supply of domestically produced LNG,” says Stefano Marani, CEO of Renergen.
“Ardagh Glass Packaging South Africa is proud to be an anchor customer of the Virginia Gas Plant. The introduction of domestically supplied LNG to replace imported, more carbon-intensive LPG ticks three very important boxes for us, namely, localization, de-carbonization, and energy security,” said AGP-A’s CEO Paul Curnow.
Renergen has already received multiple expressions of interest from several large-scale industrial manufacturers, heavy logistics operators, and independent power producers, who all require a sustainable and reliable supply of energy. Renergen’s existing operations will be expanded over the next three to four years through the development and construction of Phase 2 of the Virginia Gas Project, which will see the company produce an estimated 680 tonnes per day of LNG and up to one million standard cubic feet of liquid helium per day.
