Deputy PM visits gas-fertiliser complex

Ca Mau — Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai paid a working visit to the Ca Mau Gas-Electricity-Fertiliser Complex in the southernmost province of Ca Mau yesterday.

Hai, who is also chairman of the State Steering Committee for Key Oil and Gas Works, asked the complex management board to make specific plans to ensure the construction tempo of the Ca Mau Fertiliser Plant project remained high.

The board should co-ordinate with local authorities to quickly complete site clearance and resettlement work, he added.

He also urged the Viet Nam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVienam) to boost its negotiations with several partners on providing more fuel for the Ca Mau 1 and 2 power plants based at the complex.

"The group needs to map out specific plans on training local human resources to work at the two power plants in the long term and actively build waste water treatment reservoirs for the plants," he said.

According to the complex’s Management Board, in 2009, the Ca Mau 1 and 2 thermoelectric power plants generated a total of over 6.4 billion kWh, grossing more than VND6.7 trillion (US$362 million).

So far, only 32.5 per cent of the workload at the Ca Mau Fertiliser Plant has been completed, and it remains 90 days behind schedule. Meanwhile, the Ca Mau Gas Plant is slated for a test run in April 2011. — VNS