RE: Papua Piping Progress

From: <Steve>
Date: Thu Nov 04 2004 - 04:46:00 EST

Gold?Geothermal?NZ?
Nobody told me.

Bastards!

PNG? Aha. They are welcome to it. Its probably a boring binary plant anyway.

Cheers

Steve

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From: Paul Bowers [mailto:pbowers@pipingdesign.com] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 2:52 PM To: <a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=7MQfFoQKwto86TJEz-dRGH4srVhmmH2xuxO_4r2YZsI8sRqXwmfjsod7GBgPwcD0Vh-nQWvQLSyg7TyRywckOJ5I4B8">PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com</a> Subject: [PipingDesign] Papua Piping Progress

<a href="http://www.thenational.com.pg/1101/business1.htm">http://www.thenational.com.pg/1101/business1.htm</a>

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The mechanical erection contractor has now been mobilised.

Steam field piping is on site and pipe support construction is in progress, he said.

The design for the power station is being done in New Zealand, where there is a lot of expertise in this area. The bulk of the equipment is coming form the United States.

Mitigation by use of geothermal power is crucial with work to complete the 30 megawatt facility and confirm additional capacity being given top

priority," said Mr Swan.

He said on current prices, annual savings of over US$13 million (K41 million) or approximately US$21 per ounce of this quarter's cash costs would be derived from the 30-megawatt facility once it is fully operational in tanderm with the existing six megawatt plant.

Geothermal energy on Lihir is in the form of hot liquid trapped in the rock several hundred metres underground.

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