Peru LNG sent four cargoes in December

According to shipment data by state-owned Perupetro, during December, the 4.4 mtpa LNG plant sent two shipments to South Korea, and one shipment each to the UK and China.

The shipments loaded onboard the LNG carriers GasLog Glasgow, Methane Julia Louise, GasLog Greece, and Kool Baltic equal about 300,429 tonnes, the data shows.

These four LNG cargoes, which were loaded at the Peru LNG plant last month, compare to five LNG cargoes in November this year and six cargoes in December 2024.

In addition, Peru LNG also sent one shipment to Japan on January 2, 2026, on board Methane Patricia Camila.

The PeruPetro data shows that Peru LNG loaded 53 cargoes in 2025.

Peru LNG previously said it expects to load 60 cargoes equivalent to 218 TBtus (trillion British thermal units) in 2025.

On December 3, 2025, a spokesman for operator Hunt Oil told LNG Prime that “the number of shipments to date this year now totals 49, and Peru LNG plans to meet its goals set for the year.”

The spokesman declined to comment on the number of shipments in 2025 when contacted by LNG Prime this week.

There were 57 vessels equivalent to 205 TBtus in 2024. This is some 3.98 million tons of LNG.

In 2023, Peru LNG loaded 55 vessels. This equals 190.3 TBtu or about 3.69 million tons of LNG, a rise from 51 vessels or 179.05 TBtus in 2022.

LNG giant Shell holds 20 percent in Peru LNG and offtakes all the volumes.

US-based Hunt operates the LNG plant with a 35 percent stake, while Japan’s Marubeni has 10 percent in the LNG terminal operator.

In 2024, MidOcean Energy, the LNG unit of US-based energy investor EIG, completed the purchase of an additional 15 percent interest in Peru LNG from Hunt Oil.

MidOcean’s interest in Peru LNG now stands at 35 percent.