'For Sale, the overseas drilling rig of the Pohang geothermal power plant, is just around the corner. There is no official apology from the government and compensation has not been made in relation to the earthquake, but it is pointed out that it is appropriate to dispose of geothermal power plant facilities. For Sale is also said to be ridiculously low. Let's get to the department head Yang Man-jae of the 2017 Pohang earthquake Joint Research Group. How are you?'
Yang Man-jae> Good morning!
Kim Yoo-jung> Drilling For Sale is about to take place among geothermal power plant facilities that triggered 2017 Pohang earthquake?
Yang Man-jae> Yeah. If you can easily talk about drilling, you can see it as the Pohang geothermal power plant tower. In February, Shinhan Chemical, a creditors of Pohang Geothermal Power Plant, has an additional facility next to the drill. We put this subsidiary facility in Indonesia for 1.9 billion won for Pohang geothermal power drilling, but it was not executed because of Corona. It's that foreign engineers have been in recently for the drilling demonstration. It was reported in the media that after two weeks of self-isolation, these people would come in the first and second and go into the drilling release work. So there is a public opinion that it will be dismantled soon.
Kim Yoo-jung> There seems to be no legal problem because the creditor is For Sale the collateral facility. What do you think is inappropriate in terms of it?
Yang Man-jae> Yes. From the legal standpoint, Nex G.O, which built the Pohang geothermal power plant, declared bankruptcy. There is no legal problem in that the creditors are authorized to do For Sale because the court has decided to drill for the purpose of securing the bonds. But as I said before, it is unfair and angry for our citizens, even though it has been three years since the Pohang 5.4 earthquake. There is no official apology from the government or participants in the disaster, and no truth committee has been revealed yet. And the victims of the victims are not doing anything now, and the fact that the geothermal power drilling is gone is an angry and inappropriate thing for the citizens. And the other is that the drilling cost was 9.6 billion won in the early days, the government contribution was 6.8 billion won, and 7 billion won. In the process of purchasing, Nex G.O planned to purchase a drilling machine with a rent of about 2,000 horsepower in the early days, and then bought 1,500 horsepower and 2 billion left. It is unclear where this money is now. So, as a whole, drilling is not just Nex G.O This is because the citizens' tax is in, so there are many unfair things about citizens.
Kim Yoo-jung Drilling For Sale is too low, so there is a talk about For Sale. How about it?
Yang Man-jae > It is 9.34 billion won when the drilling price is accurately calculated. When Nex G.O contracts with a Chinese company, the total cost is about 10.4 billion, including domestic transportation costs, VAT, and customs clearance fees. It is said that it is a bargain price For Sale because it is sold for 1.9 billion won.
Kim Yoo-jung I wonder if drilling is the biggest facility in geothermal power plant .. and other facilities For Sale are in progress.
Yang Man-jae > That's a generator that's now attached to a drilling machine, or a power plant, which is sold for 1.9 billion, combined with other equipment for electricity production. Then there is the Pohang geothermal power plant site, which is the largest property. The site is believed to be in the process of purchasing the site under the condition that the Ministry of Industry and Commerce reflects 80% of the budget for the site For Sale and Pohang City pays 20%.
Kim Yoo-jung? Right. As drilling For Sale has no legal problems, it seems realistically difficult for Pohang City or the government to take action related to it, but what do you think there should be?
I think there are a few things first, because the drilling is the first device to start the rash anyway, so it is evidence. The 2017 Pohang earthquake Truth Committee has launched and has now launched an investigation. In this regard, there is a aspect that the truth committee should not immediately For Sale in order to preserve evidence. So Pohang City and some organizations have to send a request for an investigation into this part and tell them it's not appropriate, and we need to tell them that we need to preserve evidence to get to the bottom of it. In addition, the government and the Korea Energy Evaluation Institute have been able to make a drill For Sale at a low price. In this process, we need to investigate what kind of intervention and who is in charge. First of all, Pohang City Council has a special seismic investigation committee. There is a part of the Pohang earthquake that needs to be heard and decided on what direction the earthquake special committee is for the preservation of citizens or wants For Sale. If there is a lot of public opinion that it should be preserved, the Pohang city council may ask the Pohang executive to reflect the budget for re-purchase. As I mentioned earlier, the Pohang Earthquake Compensation Committee is going into compensation for damages, and in terms of the need to preserve it in terms of compensation, we need to do activities to preserve this part, not just look at For Sale, in that the government can turn to re-buy it reflecting the budget.
Rather than not disclosing the results of Yang Man-jae ", there is a report on the audit results of the Pohang geothermal power plant in early April. At that time, 20 illegal cases were confirmed to the Korea Energy Evaluation Institute, Korea Geological Resources Research Institute including the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, and one disciplinary action, one censure, nine notifications, and nine cautions were asked to inform citizens whether the institutions actually executed the audit results properly. This is part of an act of watching and watching what kind of responsibility our citizens are taking to the institution.
Kim Yoo-jung "Tell me what you want to say to the end.
Yang Man-jae > Our Pohang citizens should reveal the truth of 2017 Pohang earthquake so responsibility and cause, and ask for responsibility of related people. We also face practical challenges that require substantial compensation for damage compensation from earthquakes. Therefore, it is a task that we should continue to pay attention to the fact that our citizens should trust and cooperate with each other in order to produce successful results in relation to the earthquake.
Kim Yoo-jung> Yes, I heard you today. Thank you!
Thank you.
Kim Yoo-jung> 2017 Pohang earthquake Joint Research Group was Vice President Yang Man-jae.
Geothermal power generation company bankruptcy .. Creditors are investigating the cause of the 2017 Pohang earthquake. The evidence is not destroyed.