According to shipment data by state-owned Perupetro, during November, the 4.4 mtpa LNG plant sent two shipments to Canada, and one shipment each to Spain, Japan, and China.
The shipments loaded onboard the LNG carriers Megara, Orion Gauguin, Methane Becki Anne, Orion Sinead, and SM Bluebird equal about 305,812 tonnes, the data shows.
These five LNG cargoes, which were loaded at the Peru LNG plant last month, compare to four LNG cargoes in October this year and six cargoes in November 2024.
Peru LNG previously said it expects to load 60 cargoes equivalent to 218 TBtus (trillion British thermal units) in 2025.
LNG Prime contacted Peru LNG to provide an update on the yearly number of shipments.
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.”
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.
Last year, 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.
(This article was updated with a comment by a spokesman for Hunt Oil.)
