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“Not all internal decision-making processes self-sufficiency goal” and noted that his prov-
involving the three partners have concluded … ince was already responsible for 19% of the
[but] Fénix forms part of our [PAE’s] portfolio country’s total gas output.TotalEnergies set up
of projects,” Jeambeaut commented at a seminar the CMA-1 consortium to execute the Fenix
hosted by Megsa, a commercial gas trading plat- project. Equity in the group is split between
form in Argentina. Total Austral, a subsidiary of the French giant,
In any event, Gustavo Melella, the governor with 37.5%; Wintershall Dea (Germany), with
of Tierra del Fuego, hailed the signing of the 37.5%; and PAE, with 25%.
agreement, according to Mercopress’ report. The partners hope eventually to extract about
He called the deal “strategic for Tierra del 10mn cubic metres per year of gas from the field,
Fuego Province and for Argentina’s [energy] which lies about 60 km from the coast. ™

PERU
Peru LNG exports resume after July closure

PERU LNG, the operator of a natural gas liq- The Peru LNG consortium has loaded and
uefaction plant and export terminal in Pampa delivered a total of 680 cargoes of LNG since its
Melchorita, resumed exports in the first two launch in June 2010.
weeks of August following a planned shutdown The group was established by US-based Hunt
in July. Oil along with three other companies. Equity in
According to data from Peru’s national oil the project is split between Hunt Oil, with 50%;
company (NOC) Perupetro, the Peru LNG con- SK Energy (South Korea), 20%; Shell (UK), 20%
sortium resumed loadings after completing its and Marubeni (Japan), 10%. The partners spent
maintenance programme and has loaded two $3.8bn to build the Pampa Melchorita complex.
cargoes since the beginning of August. The first Peru LNG operates a complex that includes
of these was the Barcelona Knutsen, a 173,400- a 4.45mn tonne per year (tpy) gas liquefaction
cubic metre tanker, which left port on August plant built by Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. (CBI)
2. The second was the LNGShips Athena, a and a marine terminal constructed by a consor-
174,000-cubic metre tanker, which departed tium known as CDB. (This group includes Ita-
from Peru LNG’s terminal on August 9. ly’s Saipem, Luxemburg’s Jan de Nul and Brazil’s
Perupetro did not say exactly how much Odebrecht.)
LNG either vessel was carrying. It did note, The LNG complex also incorporates a stor-
however, that both ships were bound for the age depot with two 130,000-cubic metre tanks
UK. There is a chance that either could change and a 34-inch (860-mm) natural gas pipeline.
destination en route, it added. This pipe handles gas from fields in the Cusco
In June, Peru LNG’s last month of normal region that are being developed by YPF, the
business, the terminal loaded five cargoes con- national oil company (NOC) of Argentina, and
taining a total of 335,203 tonnes of LNG. The Repsol of Spain.
last of these to leave was the Shandong Juniper, The link runs for 408 km from Chiquintirca,
a 138,100-cubic metre vessel that was sailing for a town in the Ayacucho region, to the LNG
the European market. plant. ™

Peru LNG has handled 680 cargoes of LNG since its launch in mid-2010 (Image: Peru LNG)

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