4,279
Gas sales to the transportation sector Sales to the transportation sector averaged 181 MMcf/d (4%) of total sales, registering a 47 MMcf/d (35%) increase due to the growing number of service stations, currently 428 stations in 51 provinces, and the government policy to control the NGV retail price at 8.50 baht per kg - below the cost of production - to increase its proportion as a substitute for gasoline and diesel from 7.3% to 8.5%. At year-end 2010, the number of NGV cars was 225,668, an increase of 63,645 (39.3%) from 2009. Â Sales of Gas Separation Plant products Gas separation plants processed 652 MMcf/d of natural gas (16% of total sales), producing 4,279,038
Annual Report 2010 PTT Public Company Limited
tons of products, a 2% increase from 2009 thanks to the start-up of the Ethane Separation Plant (ESP) in July 2010. This plant separates more ethane from Gas Separation Plant Unit 2 and Unit 3, raising the design capacity from 600 to 750 MMcf/d, and improving efficiency, which increased the maximum capacity of Unit 5 from 530 to 545 MMcf/d. However, the Map Ta Phut environmental case delayed the commissioning of Unit 6 to October 2010, although construction was completed at the beginning of the year. In 2010, gas separation plants produced 1,162,884 tons of ethane, 268,203 tons of propane, 2,321,685 tons of LPG and 526,267 tons of NGL.
Natural Gas Sales Unit: MMcf/d at 1,000 Btu/cu.ft. 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500
3,444
+4%
3,569
583 74 347
5 599 134 370
459
456
968
905
1,013
1,100
2008
2009
+13%
652 181 451 475
2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0
4,046
943
1,344
Others Gas Separation Plants (GSP) Natural Gas for Vehicles (NGV) Industry Small Power Plant Independent Power Plant Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
2010
Products from Gas Separation Plants Unit: Thousand Tons 4,500
4,066
4,000
534
+3%
4,203
+2%
4,279
513
526
2,356
2,322
269
268
3,500 3,000 2,500
2,384
2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0
180 968
1,065
2008
2009
1,163
2010
Natural Gasoline Liquefied Petroleum Gas Propane Ethane
045