Libyan Iron and Steel Company announced the signing of a contract for the maintenance of the gas turbine unit with the Petro Gas Company for Oil Services.
Whereas, the gas turbine was constructed for the purpose of generating electricity during an emergency; This is to feed the power plant and the central station for the distribution of electricity, to operate the emergency pumps, as well as to use them at the Black Start network.
The contract signed for the maintenance and development of the turbine to make it able to keep pace with the development of stations and control systems, as its system is very old, which caused stops in some cases.
After this maintenance, development of the control system and changing the fuel system from diesel to gas, its capacity of 18 megawatts will be fully utilized.