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Porgera — 13 MW Oil

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Porgera is a 13 MW oil power plant located in Papua New Guinea. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
13 MW

Installed

Commissioned

Year online

Owner
Barrick Mining

Operator

Location
-5.47, 143.11

Coordinates

Insights

#10
largest in Papua New Guinea
#1,128
largest Oil worldwide
#22,127
largest worldwide
2
operated by Barrick Mining
1
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
13 MW
Commissioned
Status
Operational
Owner
Barrick Mining
Country
PNG
Coordinates
-5.466, 143.110

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
29,609 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
888,264 t

over ~30 yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

6,437
cars / year
3,948
homes / year
1,345,855
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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About this plant

Porgera is a 13 MW oil power plant in Papua New Guinea, operated by Barrick Mining. It was commissioned in an undisclosed year and serves the local mining operations.

Ranked #5 of 7 oil plants in Papua New Guinea. Its 13 MW accounts for 9.29% of Papua New Guinea’s total oil capacity of 140 MW. The largest oil plant in Papua New Guinea is Ok Tedi at 45 MW, making Porgera 3.5 times smaller.

There are no nearby plants within 50 km. The facility is located in the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea, approximately 700 km from the capital city, Port Moresby.

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