Mejillones LNG Terminal
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Mejillones LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in Antofagasta, Chile.
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Location
Project Details
- Parent: Engie, Codelco
- Location: Mejillones, Antofagasta, Chile
- Coordinates: -23.1, -70.45 (approximate)
- Capacity: 1.5 mtpa, 0.22 bcfd
- Additional Proposed Capacity:
- Status: Operating
- Type: Import
- Start Year: 2010
Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day
Background
Mejillones LNG Terminal is an LNG terminal in Antofagasta, Chile.[1]
The Mejillones LNG terminal is located in Northern Chile and is operated by GNL Mejillones, a joint-venture company of SUEZ Energy International and state-owned Chilean copper-mining company, Codelco.[2] SUEZ Eneregy International is a subsidiary of Engie, a French multinational energy company.[3] Codelco owns 37% and Engie owns 63%.[4]
The main purpose of the LNG terminal is to supply the energy needs of mining operations such as Escondida, which is owned by companies such as BHP Billiton, El Abra, Collahuasi, Anglo American and Xstrata, along with mines owned by Codelco.[5]
The terminal was built by Spanish company Técnicas Reunidas and was engineered by Tractebel. The plant begun its operations in 2010 and finished its expansion in 2013. The terminal consists of a floating storage unit (FSU) and two onshore storage tanks.[6]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Mejillones LNG Terminal, A Barrel Full, accessed April 2017
- ↑ Press Release SUEZ Energy International, accessed August 2017
- ↑ Company Overview of SUEZ, Bloomberg, accessed August 2017
- ↑ Expansion of Mejillones LNG Terminal regasification capacity, BNamericas, accessed August 2017
- ↑ Fabian Cambero, "Chile Mejillones LNG plant to sell energy in May", Reuters, February 24, 2010
- ↑ Mejillones LNG Terminal, Chile, Hydrocarbons Technology, accessed August 2017
