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Peru LNG exports five cargoes

in February

PERU PERU LNG, the operator of a natural gas liq- includes a 4.45mn tonne per year (tpy) gas liq-
uefaction plant and export terminal in Pampa uefaction plant constructed by Chicago Bridge &
Peru LNG loaded and Melchorita, saw total LNG export volumes rise Iron Co. (CBI), as well as a marine terminal built
delivered a total of slightly month on month in February 2023. by a consortium known as CDB. (This group
732 cargoes of LNG According to Peru’s national oil company includes Saipem of Italy, Jan de Nul of Luxem-
between its launch in (NOC) Perupetro, the Peru LNG consortium bourg and Novonor, a Brazilian conglomerate
June 2010 and the end loaded five vessels in February, steady on the formerly known as Odebrecht.)
of February 2023. January figure of five. However, the total volume The complex also includes a storage depot
of LNG loaded last month amounted to 363,521 with two 130,000-cubic metre tanks and a
tonnes, up by 2.34% on the January figure of 34-inch (860-mm) natural gas pipeline. This
355,213 tonnes. It is also 9.27% up on the total pipe carries gas from fields in the Cusco region
volume reported for February 2022, when Peru that are being developed by YPF, Argenti-
LNG loaded five cargoes with 332,687 tonnes of na’s national oil company (NOC), and Rep-
LNG. sol (Spain). It follows a 408-km route from
Two of the five cargoes dispatched in Febru- Chiquintirca, a town in Peru’s Ayacucho region,
ary 2023 were destined for China, according to to the LNG plant.
Perupetro, while the other three went to the UK, Peru LNG was established by US-based
Taiwan and South Korea. Hunt Oil along with three other companies.
Peru LNG loaded and delivered a total of Equity in the project is split between Hunt Oil,
732 cargoes of LNG between its launch in June with 50%; SK Energy (South Korea), 20%; Shell
2010 and the end of February 2023. It has also (UK), 20%, and Marubeni (Japan), 10%. The
loaded one additional cargo since the beginning partners invested $3.8bn in the construction of
of March. the Pampa Melchorita complex, which delivers
The consortium operates a complex that all of its production to Shell. ™

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