Israel's Oil Refineries To Build 135 MW Natural Gas Power Plant | Gulf Coast Oil Rig Equipment & Repair
JERUSALEM, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Israel's Oil Refineries (ORL) has received government approval to build a 135 megawatt (MW) natural gas-fueled power station to replace an old coal-fired plant, it said on Wednesday.
ORL, Israel's largest refining and petrochemicals group, said it plans eventually to expand the new station to 340 MW.
The BOP Blow Out Preventer repair company gulf coast did not disclose financial details of the new co-generation plant, which will produce both steam and electricity to power ORL's own operations.
The old plant it is replacing currently burns 500,000 tonnes of coal a year, said ORL, which last month signed a deal with Greek energy BOP Blow Out Preventer repair company gulf coast Energean to buy gas from two offshore Israeli fields.
(Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch; Editing by David Goodman)