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A spokesman for Hunt Oil told LNG Prime that in 2024 “there were 57 vessels equivalent to 205 TBtus,” This is some 3.98 million tons of LNG.
The spokesman said in November that Peru LNG experts to load 57 cargoes in 2024.
Peru LNG revised its previous target for 2024 by three cargoes as it said in January that it expects to load 60 cargoes in 2024.
In 2023, Peru LNG loaded 55 vessels. This equals 190.3 TBtus (trillion British thermal units) or about 3.69 million tons of LNG, a rise from 51 vessels or 179.05 TBtus in 2022.
In 2021, Peru LNG loaded 38 vessels (132.9 TBtu), 55 vessels (204.8 TBtu) in 2020, 58 vessels (209.3 TBtu) in 2019, 57 vessels (196.1 TBtu) in 2018, 64 vessels (213.9 TBtu) in 2017, 70 vessels (225.1 TBtu) in 2016, 56 vessels (187.8 TBtu) in 2015, 60 vessels (214.4 TBtu) in 2014, 57 vessels (222.4 TBtu) in 2013, 53 vessels (203.6 TBtu) in 2012, 55 vessels (209.2 TBtu) in 2011, and 23 vessels in 2011 when operations began.
Data by PeruPetro shows that the destinations for Peru LNG cargoes in 2024 were the Dutch Gate LNG terminal, South Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan, France, Canada, the UK, and Thailand.
In December 2024, the Peru LNG plant loaded six cargoes onboard the LNG carriers Maran Gas Amphipolis, Maran Gas Hector, Orion Jessica, Orion Sinead, Gaslog Genoa, and Maran Gas Roxana.
This compares to six LNG cargoes in November.
Peru LNG expects to load 60 vessels in 2025
“For 2025, Peru LNG estimates 60 loads equivalent to 218 TBtus,” Hunt Oil’s spokesman said.
US-based Hunt Oil operates the LNG plant with a 35 percent stake.
Moreover, LNG giant Shell holds a 20 percent stake in Peru LNG and offtakes all the volumes, while Japan’s Marubeni has 10 percent in the LNG terminal operator.
MidOcean Energy, the LNG unit of US-based energy investor EIG, completed in November 2024 the previously announced deal to buy an additional 15 percent interest in Peru LNG from Hunt Oil.
MidOcean’s interest in Peru LNG now stands at 35 percent.
Earlier this year, MidOcean completed its purchase of a 20 percent stake in Peru LNG from a unit of South Korean conglomerate SK.
Bedies liquefaction facilities, Peru LNG’s assets consist of a fully-owned 408-kilometer pipeline with 1,290 mmcf/d capacity, two 130,000-cbm storage tanks, a fully-owned 1.4-kilometer marine terminal, and a truck loading facility with a capacity of up to 19.2 mmcf/d.