The new Integrated Resource Plan (IRP2019) recently announced by Mineral & Energy Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe; highlighted an urgent need for added energy generation capacity in South Africa’s energy supply, to meet our current energy supply shortfalls.

With the oil & gas industry throughout Africa showing substantial growth. Recent discoveries of high Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) reserves in Mozambique and Tanzania have sparked global interest in East Africa, who now emerge as a key player in the global industry.

While economics are never certain, LNG supplies globally are abundant, affordable, flexible and likely to remain this way for years to come. The Oil and Gas industry has full potential of being a changing catalyst for growth and infrastructure development across the African continent.

In our ongoing effort to sustain growth within the oil and gas industry, Kirton Mechanical Equipment have partnered with Swiss company Enerproject to provide high specification compressors, used in diverse applications as fuel boosters ranging from gas (from various sources) to gas engines that function as generator sets or mechanical drives. Fuel gas booster compressors ensure a continuous supply of fuel gas to gas engines at very specific conditions. 



Compressors are tailored to client specifications and according to any site conditions.

Enerproject compressors are designed to guarantee: 

• Constant performance over entire lifetime
• High efficiency
• Low maintenance costs. 

For smaller volumetric flows of up to 800 Nm³/h and ultimate compression pressure of max. 16 bar (a), Enerproject developed an affordable, oil-injected RS COMPACT screw compressor. It is specially adapted for the compression of biogas, bio-methane, landfill gas, sewage gas, natural gas, flare gas, etc. 

This range of products offers a variety of specific advantages: 

• Compact, user/maintenance-friendly design
• Easy to set up without any special foundations
• Very small footprint
• Defined connection points, uncomplicated engineering and/or planning
• Few wearing parts
• Minimal amount of residual oil in the gas following separation (approximately 3-5 mg/m³), further reduction to 0.005 mg/m3 possible
• Easy and efficient regulation
• Air- or water-cooled design 

Contact K.M.E. today to find out more information on Enerprojects innovative gas compressor and fuel booster solutions.