Chile’s Quintero LNG import terminal has received 25 carriers in the first half of 2015, up by four vessels as compared to the same period a year before.
GNL Quintero, the operator of the LNG receiving facility, said the terminal delivered 1.904 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Chile’s grid, a rise of 16.8 percent from the first half in 2014.
The import terminal received 204 LNG vessels since its start-up in 2010, according to data by GNL Quintero.
Quintero LNG terminal has earlier this year completed a US$30 million expansion project boosting its regasification capacity by 50 percent to 15Mm3/d.
The expansion project also doubled the amount of gas transported by truck to 2,500 m3/d from the LNG terminal.
GNL Quintero is a joint venture of Enap (20%), Endesa Chile (20%), Metrogas (20%), and Terminal de Valparaíso (Enagas, Oman Oil) which holds 40 percent in the project.
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LNG World News Staff; Image: GNL Quintero