According to a social media post by Sycar on Thursday, the firm joined forces with Peru’s Limagas on the delivery.
Sycar claims this is the first-ever land-based delivery of LNG from Peru to Ecuador.
This delivery, transported in a 40-foot ISO tank with 1 million cubic feet of natural gas, marks a new chapter in the country’s logistics and energy infrastructure, the firm said.
The LNG supplies will be used in Tecnova’s industrial plant located in the city of Guayaquil, Sycar said.
Sycar said this milestone was also made possible by the reforms promoted by the Ministry of Energy and Mines, which has laid the groundwork for modernizing the sector.
The firm did not provide further information regarding the delivery.
According to a statement by Ecuador’s energy ministry on Thursday, the ministry authorized Sycar-Infraestructura to import up to 7,300 million cubic feet per year of LNG for the industrial sector.
This approval is valid for five years.
LNG ISO tank deliveries
Peru hosts the Hunt Oil-operated 4.45 mtpa Pampa Melchorita LNG plant.
Before this delivery, Sycar previously delivered LNG ISO tank deliveries to Ecuador onboard containerships.
In 2022. the company delivered the first shipment in two 40ft ISO tanks to the DP World-operated Posorja deepwater port in Guayas.
According to Sycar, this became Ecuador’s first-ever shipment of LNG and the delivery arrived from Panama on board a CMA CGM containership.
In December l2021, Sycar said it had secured LNG supplies for its operations in Ecuador, as it continues to work on the country’s first import development.
The firm signed a deal with Colon LNG Marketing, a joint venture between US firm AES and France’s TotalEnergies, and the user of the Costa Norte LNG terminal in Panama.
This agreement allowed the firm to start introducing volumes of LNG for the industrial market of Ecuador and, at the same time, continue with the development of its 0.4 mtpa Jambeli LNG import project, which includes an FSRU, Sycar said at the time.
