Peru Ships Another LNG Cargo to Japan

Peru LNG shipped another cargo of liquefied natural gas to Japan on January 27 after the Sevilla Knutsen LNG tanker departed the country’s only LNG terminal on January 23, according to PeruPetro S.A.

The cargo is being hauled by the 153,600 cubic-meter STX Frontier, and it is due to arrive at the Niigata LNG terminal on February 22.

The Peru LNG Project includes two parts: an LNG Plant with a Marine Terminal from which LNG is sent overseas, and a pipeline connected to the existing TgP pipeline to transport natural gas from the connection point in the mountains of Ayacucho to the LNG Plant located on the coast.

Four energy companies form the Peru LNG consortium: Hunt Oil Company of the United States, with a 50% participating interest; SK Energy of South Korea, with a 20% participating interest; Repsol of Spain, also with a 20% participating interest; and Marubeni Corporation of Japan, with a 10% participating interest.

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LNG World News Staff, January 29, 2013; Image: Höegh LNG