BANGKOK, Apr 14 – The eight-day maintenance of a natural gas platform in Myanmar, one of the main energy sources for Thailand’s electricity production, was accomplished Friday without any hiccups in the power supply to the kingdom, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) reported today.
EGAT Governor Suthas Pattamasiriwat said the Yanada platform was originally scheduled to suspend its supply from Apr 5-13 but maintenance was completed a day earlier and natural gas was released to Thailand on Friday at 8.35 pm.
Power generating plants which changed to diesel and bunker oil during the maintenance switched back to natural gas on Saturday evening, he said.
An additional 88.22 million litres of bunker oil and 38.8 million litres of diesel was consumed during the period.
The electricity situation during the eight-day maintenance went smoothly without any power outages, thanks to the people’s power-saving cooperation and lower temperatures, he said.
The temperature slightly dropped during the final three crucial days, Mr Suthas said.
Power consumption and average temperature were: on April 5 24,955.30 MW with temperature of 37.5 degrees Celsius; on April 9 at 25,226.30 MW, 38.9 degrees Celsius; and on April 10 at 24,688.38 MW, 36.0 degrees Celsius.
