Turning South America into a key LNG World Supplier while enhancing the local industry: PERU LNG after 4 years of operation(PPT)

摘要

The first LNG plant of the Pacific South Americas, PERU LNG (operated by Hunt Oil), was inaugurated in 2010, representing the biggest private investment in the history of Peru. The single-train, 4.45M tonnes a year processing plant uses APCI's propane, pre-cooled mixed-component refrigerant process and gets the gas from the Camisea gas fields located in the jungle. The gas fields were discovered in the 80's however it was not until 2004 that their production phase began thanks to the initiative of building a LNG plant, which would open Peru to international gas markets as local consumption was too small alone for the fields to be developed. In its 4 years of operations, the plant will have loaded 190 cargoes with main destinations Spain (39%), Asia (30%) and Mexico (23%). Cargoes from Peru to Japan were critical during the 2011 Fukushima disaster where LNG demand from Japan dramatically increased. PERU LNG's location is ideal for deliveries to the APEC countries turning Peru into a key international player in the LNG business. This LNG project has changed the history of mega-projects in the country, through its lead in engineering and financial models, and environmental and social performance. In parallel the use of trucks to transport LNG to the remote areas of the country (virtual pipeline) in the future will allow remote cities to benefit from this fuel. The PERU LNG project has also contributed with the development of the national port system by introducing the latest technology in its facilities, which may in turn be a raw model for future marine projects in the country. The aim of this poster is to show how LNG projects are a main driver in local energy and upstream activities and how a country can turn into a key world player by introducing this kind of technology.