LNG

Oct 3 (LNGJ) - The 167,400 cubic metres capacity vessel “Methane Mickie Harper” is scheduled to deliver an LNG cargo from Peru on October 7 to the UK Dragon LNG import terminal at the Port of Milford Haven, according to shipping data.

   The shipment was lifted on August 13 from the Pampa Melchorita LNG export plant on the Pacific Coast of Peru and the data also showed that the ship stopped over at the Elba Island LNG plant in Georgia before heading across the Atlantic.

Osaka Gas, the Japanese utility and LNG importer, has reached an agreement with trading house and LNG sector participant Marubeni Corp. and Peru LNG for a feasibility study on the production of synthetic methane (syngas) in the South American nation.

March 22 (LNGJ) - Peru’s LNG exports in March are heading for the North Asian markets of China and South Korea, according to data from energy company PeruPetro. Four vessels have left the Pampa Melchorita liquefaction plant on the Pacific Coast of Peru with three headed for South Korea on the 173,540 cubic metres capacity carrier “Megara”, the 135,400 cubic metres capacity carrier “Madrid Spirit” and on the 173,400 cubic metres capacity vessel “Sevilla Knutsen”.

   During the current winter season Peru has also shipped cargoes to Europe. The fourth cargo lifted so far in March from the Peruvian plant is heading for Tangshan in China on the 170,200 cubic metres capacity vessel “SFC Melampus”.

March 1 (LNGJ) - The 167,410 cubic metres capacity carrier “Methane Patricia Camila” is scheduled to deliver a Pacific Basin LNG cargo to the UK on March 8 from the Peru liquefaction and export plant at Pampa Melchorita. The shipment was lifted on February 13 and will be discharged at the UK’s Dragon import facility at the Port of Milford Haven.

March 23 (LNGJ) - The Peru LNG export plant at Pampa Melchorita on the Pacific Coast shipped four cargoes to Europe and Asia in March 2021, one to the Netherlands, two to Japan and one to South Korea. The first cargo shipped to the Gate terminal in Rotterdam left on March 1 on the 138,160 cubic metres capacity carrier “Methane Princess” at a Dutch Title Transfer facility (TTF) price of $6.014 per million British thermal units, according to data from Peruvian national energy company PeruPetro.

   The second shipment headed for Japan on March 6 on the 170,200 cubic metres capacity carrier “SCF Mitre” at a Japan-Korea Marker price of $5.980 per MMBtu. A second shipment for Japan left on March 12 on the 173,400 cubic metres capacity vessel “Maran Gas Amphipolis” at the JKM price of $5.980 per MMBtu. The fourth Peruvian cargo headed for South Korea and departed on March 19 on the 138,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Sestao Knutsen” at the JKM price of $6.596 per MMBtu.

Grupo HAM of Spain, the LNG and gas fuel infrastructure company, said it partnered with Peruvian firm Limagas to build the first LNG and compressed natural gas station in the South American nation of Peru, an LNG exporting nation.

The station is on one of the main avenues of the city of Cuzco, located in the Peruvian Andes.

The service station currently offers its customers CNG and with its two double dispensers and 80 cubic metres LNG tank will soon be filled with fuel.

“The Cuzco CGN-LNG gas station is the first of three planned natural gas stations in Peru, including a second station in Cuzco and another to be opened at Quillabamba during 2021,” said HAM.

With these new projects, HAM continues to help promote the use of LNG and CNG in South America, where its subsidiary HAM Chile was chosen by local Chilean company Empresas Lipigas to design, construct and commissioning the first LNG fuel in Chile.

HAM’s Peruvian project partner Limagas is an affiliate of Empresas Lipigas.

This station will be sited at fuel facilities of Transportes San Gabriel in Linares, 300 kilometres south of the Chilean capital Santiago.

While Chile is an LNG importer, Peru has been an LNG exporter since 2010 with a plant at Pampa Melchorita comprising two liquefaction Trains and annual output of around 4 million tonnes per annum.

HAM said that the Cuzco station is on Avenida la Cultura, which extends from west to east between the districts of Cuzco, Wnachaq, San Sebastián and San Jerónimo, with significant vehicle traffic.

During the station’s inauguration, the authorities of the Regional Government of Cuzco said that having a natural gas filling station changed the nation’s energy matrix and would help lower fuel costs.

HAM now has a network of 75 LNG and CNG stations. They are located mostly in Europe with 30 in Spain, 16 in Italy, 12 in the Netherlands, nine in Belgium and eight in France, all sited at strategic points for truck transport.

Oct 1 (LNGJ) - The Peru LNG export plant at Pampa Melchorita on the Pacific Coast shipped four cargoes to Asia and Europe in September, two to South Korea, one to the Netherlands and one to Spain. The first cargo shipped to South Korea left on September 4 on the 173,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Megara” at a Japan-Korea Marker price of $4.54 per million British thermal units, according to data from Peruvian national energy company PeruPetro.

   A second shipment to South Korea departed on September 19 on the 173,400 cubic metres capacity carrier “Magdala” with a JKM price of $4.91 per MMBtu. The cargo for Spain left on September 21 on the 155,000 cubic metres capacity “Solaris” at the UK National Balancing Point price of $4.06 per MMBtu. The cargo for the Dutch Gate terminal at Rotterdam departed on September 25 on the 173,000 cubic metres capacity “Myrina” at the Dutch Title Transfer facility price of $3.98 per MMBtu.

Sept 8 (LNGJ) - The Peru LNG export plant at Pampa Melchorita on the Pacific Coast shipped five cargoes to Asia in August, one to Japan, one to China and three to South Korea. The cargo shipped to Japan left on August 30 on the 170,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Methane Julia Louise” at a price of $4.07 per million British thermal units, according to data from Peruvian national energy company, PeruPetro.

   The three shipments to South Korea departed on the 173,400 cubic metres capacity carrier “Sevilla Knutsen”, the 145,000 cubic metres capacity “Methane Nile Eagle” and the 174,000 cubic metres capacity “GasLog Genoa” at prices ranging from $3.30 per MMBtu to $4.07 per MMBtu. The cargo for China was delivered in late August by the 174,000 cubic metres capacity “Gaslog Gladstone” at a price of $3.30 per MMBtu.