Public hearing planned for Peru LNG project

Sept. 19, 2003
Peru LNG SRL is advertising a public hearing to be held Oct. 2 on the environmental impact study of its project to export LNG from Camisea fields in Peru in 2007.

By an OGJ Correspondent

LIMA, Sept. 19 -- Peru LNG SRL is advertising a public hearing to be held Oct. 2 on the environmental impact study of its project to export LNG from Camisea fields in Peru in 2007. The EIS includes the Pampa Melchorita LNG export project, the LNG plant, and marine installations.

The LNG facilities are to be located 169 km south of Lima in the San Vicente de Cañete district between Cañete and Chincha. The company estimates total costs of the onshore project at $1.6 billion.

Meanwhile it is seeking contractors for the liquefaction terminal and LNG carriers.

Dallas-based Hunt Oil Co., and South Korea's SK Corp. are managing the onshore Peru LNG project.