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Haluk Direskeneli
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Sunday, 25 March 2007
This commentary is from USAK’s Energy Review Newsletter
http://www.turkishweekly.net/energyreview/TurkishWeekly-EnergyReview12.pdf
To subscribe email to energyreview@turkishweekly.net
In years 2000-2001, on various instances I visited the Soma Coal Mine Fields together with Mr Eddie Kolodziej and other senior engineers of CSWI/ AEP companies of USA for possible long-term cooperation to run the coal field. This is our joint report prior to our TOR (Transfer of Operational Rights) scheme operation as of year 2001. This report is an independent report prepared for future private investors,
COAL INFORMATION
The coal consumed in the SLPP (Soma Lignite Power Plant) is mostly lignite and partly brown coal, which is supplied by TKI (Turkish Coal Enterprise) from its nearby Coal Field Management, ELI (Aegean Lignite Corporation). The coalfield consists of 3 main divisions, namely Soma Central, Denis and Eynez where lignite production is currently realized by opencast mining in Soma Central and Deniş and by the combination of underground and opencast operation in Eynez. The coal consumed in SLPP is completely provided from either of ELI’s opencast mines as run-of-mine (as received i.e. without any treatment).
Reserves
According to the TKİ records, the coal reserves as of the beginning of 2000 are as follows:
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Possible
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Probable
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Proven
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Ready
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Total
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Soma
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-
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6.300.000
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112.714.000
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6.442.000
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125.456.000
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Deniş
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-
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11.000.000
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189.966.000
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2.483.000
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203.449.000
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Eynez
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22.439.000
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60.200.000
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212.679.000
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1.902.000
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297.220.000
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Total
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22.439.000
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77.500.000
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515.359.000
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10.827.000
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626.125.000
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Production
The coal production details between the years 1980-1999 are given in the table below:
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Years
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Underground
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Open Pit
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Total
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1980
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452.267
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1.092.695
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1.544.962
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1981
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505.609
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1.051.482
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1.557.091
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1982
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651.070
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1.373.249
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2.024.319
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1983
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718.909
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2.107.573
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2.826.482
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1984
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806.246
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2.610.602
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3.416.848
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1985
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936.397
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3.982.252
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4.918.649
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1986
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942.087
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5.344.913
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6.287.000
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1987
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987.319
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4.937.681
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5.925.000
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1988
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964.202
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3.726.598
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4.690.800
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1989
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803.773
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6.154.294
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6.958.067
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1990
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656.908
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5.531.854
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6.188.762
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1991
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658.954
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6.357.913
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7.016.867
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1992
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652.145
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7.973.718
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8.625.863
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1993
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634.462
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8.884.534
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9.518.996
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1994
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697.119
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9.358.333
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10.055.452
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1995
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666.995
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9.489.978
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10.156.973
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1996
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565.823
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10.471.138
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11.036.961
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1997
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521.225
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11.341.898
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11.863.123
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1998
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494.960
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12.506.360
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13.001.320
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1999
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338.000
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10.749.000
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11.087.000
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Dry basis, TKİ records, 1999
Sales, Breakdown of Coal Sales
Washing and hand picking enrich the majority of ROM coal. The clean coal, together with untreated ROM coal is called saleable coal. The saleable coal sales, since 1980 are shown in the table below.
The Protocols Between TKİ and TEAŞ
The protocols about the characteristics of the coal supply, put into force and still valid between TKI and TEAS are given below:
1-4 Units
Calorific Value (as received) : 2.200 (+200, -100) kcal/kg, 8.690 (+790, -395) BTU
Ash Content (as received) : 32 %
Moisture Content (as received) : 21 %
Coal Size : 0-200 mm.
Date of Protocol : 31.07.1985
5-6 Units
Calorific Value (as received) : 1.550 (+100) kcal/kg, 6.122 (+395) BTU
Ash Content (as received) : 52 %
Moisture Content (as received) : 18,8 %
Coal Size : 0-1000 mm.
Date of Protocol: 06.11.1992
7-8 Units
Calorific Value (as received) : 3.500 (±100) kcal/kg, 13.825 (±395) BTU
Ash Content (as received) : 27 %
Moisture Content (as received) : 22 %
Coal Size : 0-30 mm. Washed coal &0-0,5 mm. Slurry
Sale Prices
Average sale prices of coal for different groups pf SLLP are shown in the table below:
Coal Consumption and Energy Production
Coal consumption for the comparison with energy production between the years 1962-1999 is given in the table below:
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Years
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Nominal Production Capacity (MWh)
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Predicted Production (MWh)
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Gross Energy Produced (MWh)
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Net Energy Produced (MWh)
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Coal Consumption (ton)
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1962
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385.440
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280.000
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112.755,7
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N/A
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90.677
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1963
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385.440
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For other tables of this article check USAK’s Energy Review 12
2012 National Coal Policy for Turkey
