Monday, January 03, 2011
Mingo County Project To Soon Begin
WEST VIRGINIA....
Last October, state officials announced TransGas Development Systems' plans to open a coal to gas plant in Mingo County. Project Manager Randall Harris says construction is scheduled to begin this spring. Harris estimates is it will take about 40 months of actual construction and about six to eight months of start up and testing, and the plant will be operational in 48 months. Harris says, at the peak of construction, around 2,400 people will be working at any given time. Permanent job estimates would be about 300 at the job site and about 200 indirect contractors, and, with about 3 million tons of coal needed, another 200 mining jobs. Once it is built, the facility will put coal through a several step process that results in the creation of gasoline. The plant will churn out about 18,000 barrels of premium grade gasoline per day, the majority of which will be sold to refineries.
Last October, state officials announced TransGas Development Systems' plans to open a coal to gas plant in Mingo County. Project Manager Randall Harris says construction is scheduled to begin this spring. Harris estimates is it will take about 40 months of actual construction and about six to eight months of start up and testing, and the plant will be operational in 48 months. Harris says, at the peak of construction, around 2,400 people will be working at any given time. Permanent job estimates would be about 300 at the job site and about 200 indirect contractors, and, with about 3 million tons of coal needed, another 200 mining jobs. Once it is built, the facility will put coal through a several step process that results in the creation of gasoline. The plant will churn out about 18,000 barrels of premium grade gasoline per day, the majority of which will be sold to refineries.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:53 PM 
