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Antonio Brufau and Alan Garcia inaugurate a new LNG plant in Pampa Melchorita (Peru)

Repsol starts up its first gas liquefaction plant in Latin America

Press Release 10/06/2010 00:00
  • The Plant has a nominal capacity of 4.4 million tons of LNG per year and will process 620 million cubic feet of gas per day.
  • It belongs to Peru LNG, and is one of Repsol's strategic projects included in Horizon 2014. 
  • Repsol holds a 20% stake in the Peru LNG consortium, in which Hunt Oil of the United States, SK Energy of South Korea, and Marubeni Corporation of Japan also participate.
  • The total investment is 3.8 billion dollars, and is the biggest ever made in the history of Peru.
  • Repsol has the exclusive rights to market the entire output from this plant, making it the largest acquisition of LNG in its history.
  • The natural gas supply that feeds the plant comes from Peru’s Camisea gas field, in which Repsol also has a 10% stake. 
  • This project includes a gas pipeline measuring 408 kilometres in length, and a marine terminal.
  • Peru LNG is part of an integrated project with competitive access to the eastern Pacific coast, and consolidates Repsol's position as one of the world’s leading LNG marketers.

10 June 2010 - 00:00 CEST | PDF | 128.61 KB