K&M was hired by Unocal to perform technical due diligence on the 108 MW gas-fired plant in Rayong—215 km southeast of Bangkok. K&M’s scope of work included: analysis on the use of low Btu fuel gas in combined cycle power plants; identifying problems which have been experienced during the startup of recent technology combustion turbines (F-class and newer) and operational problems once started; and analysis of the effects of gas quality variation on gas turbine operations.