The July 23, 2007, edition of Oil & Gas Journal has a listing of major oil and gas projects being developed (OGJ, July 23, 2007, pp. 43-60).
On p. 58 of the project table, an entry under “Peru” reports for “Camisea gas/Peru LNG SRL” a peak year of 2009 and gas production of 1,300 MMscfd. It lists the operator as Hunt Oil and under “Development type” shows: “Blocks 56 and 88, 700-km gas pipeline, 575-km liquids pipeline.”
I’m afraid that O&GJ’s database on these projects contains pieces of wrong information. As the manager responsible for one portion of the project (gas production) I would like to offer you some clarification:
- Camisea gas: right.
- 1,300 MMscfd: partly right. We are increasing gas treatment capacity from nominal 440 MMscfd to 1,160 MMscfd in a project expected to be ready by mid-2008 with peak investments in 2007-08.
- Blocks 56 and 88: right. But operator of both blocks is Pluspetrol Peru Corp. (not Hunt Oil, as stated).
- 700-km gas pipeline and 575-liquids pipeline: wrong. Both pipelines are already built and working (as part of the initial start-up of Camisea in 2004). These pipelines are property of TGP (Transportadora de Gas del Peru).
- Peru LNG SRL: right. Under development, operator is Hunt Oil. Hunt Oil is also a shareholder of TGP and a nonoperator partner in Blocks 56 and 88.
Norberto M Benito
General Manager
Pluspetrol Peru Corp. SA