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Peru LNG reports
exports up in October
PERFORMANCE PERU LNG, the operator of a natural gas liq- a 4.45mn tonne per year (tpy) gas liquefaction
uefaction plant and export terminal in Pampa plant built by Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. (CBI)
Melchorita, saw export volumes rise month on and a marine terminal constructed by a consor-
month in October. tium known as CDB. (This group includes Italy’s
According to Peru’s national oil company Saipem, Luxembourg’s Jan de Nul and Brazil’s
(NOC) Perupetro, the Peru LNG consortium Odebrecht.)
loaded five vessels in October, up from three The complex also incorporates a storage
in September. The total volume of LNG loaded depot with two 130,000-cubic metre tanks and
last month came to almost 344,943 tonnes. This a 34-inch (860-mm) natural gas pipeline. This
represented an increase of more than 181% on pipe handles gas from fields in the Cusco region
the volume of nearly 122,569 tonnes loaded in that are being developed by YPF, the national
the previous month. It is also above the figure oil company (NOC) of Argentina, and Repsol
reported for October 2021, when Peru LNG of Spain. The link follows a 408-km route from
loaded four cargoes with 294,470 tonnes of LNG. Chiquintirca, a town in Peru’s Ayacucho region,
Of the five cargoes dispatched in Octo- to the LNG plant.
ber 2022, two were destined for the UK, while Peru LNG was established by US-based Hunt
another two went to Spain. The remaining cargo Oil along with three other companies. Equity in
was delivered to Canada, according to data the project is divided between Hunt Oil, with
posted by Perupetro. 50%; SK Energy (South Korea), 20%; Shell (UK),
The Peru LNG consortium has loaded and 20%, and Marubeni (Japan), 10%. The partners
delivered a total of 689 cargoes of LNG since its spent $3.8bn to build the Pampa Melchorita
launch in June 2010. complex.
The group operates a complex that includes
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