Energy crisis has passed: Egat
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Thailand has escaped a possible energy crisis, thanks to the national energy-saving campaign and lower-than-expected temperature, according to Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat).
Power blackout or brownout in some areas of Thailand were anticipated as Total Exploration and Production Myanmar, the operator of Yadana gas field in Myanmar, shut down the field for maintenance on April 5. This resulted in the disruption of the supply of 1,100 million cubic feet of natural gas per day during the maintenance period.
According to PTT, tasked to be in charge of natural gas procurement for electricity generating, the supply resumed late April 12, 30 hours before schedule.
EGAT Governor Sutas Patamasiriwat announced today that during the April 5-12 period, there was no power blackout or brownout. Since April 12, combined cycle power plants have been switched from diesel and bunker oil to natural gas. During the 8-day period, 86.22 million litres of bunker oil and 38.80 million litres of diesel were consumed in lieu of natural gas, 5.8 million and 11.2 million litres below expectation, respectively.
