Lebanese Minister of Energy and Water, Walid Fayad, confirmed on Sunday that the electric network has returned to its normal operations as it was before the depletion of gas oil at the Deir Ammar and Zahrani plants. Fayad explained that the reconnection of the electric network was achieved by delivering a total of 6,000 kiloliters of gas oil, split equally between the Deir Ammar and Zahrani plants, from the reserves of the Lebanese army.
He announced in a statement that "today the gas turbine plant in Jiyeh was connected to the network with a capacity of 50 megawatts, the Deir Ammar plant with a capacity of 210 megawatts, and the gas turbine plant in Zouk with a capacity of 120 megawatts." The Lebanese minister noted that the gas group at Zahrani was also connected to the network, confirming that "in less than an hour from now, these plants will operate at their maximum available capacity on the network."
Fayad clarified that "after three days of the two plants being offline, their production capacity will be compensated by the Zouk and Jiyeh thermal plants after supplying them with fuel oil." He stated that the fuel arrived on Saturday evening, following the dispatch of samples and testing them in the laboratories of Bureau Veritas in Dubai to ensure compliance with specifications, which will maintain the total production capacity around 500 megawatts to keep the network stable and secure.
He announced that "the day before yesterday, approval was obtained from the Central Bank for 100 million dollars, which has been sent to the Tenders Department to conduct bids for importing fuel oil, which will help increase electricity supply hours by the end of this month."
