Camisea Gas Field

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Summary Information

  • Operator: Hunt Oil
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  • Production start: 2004
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  • Type: Oil / Gas
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+++ Description

  • Camisea fields, known as Block-88, are composed of the San Martin and Cashiriari fields. They are considered the most important natural gas reserves in Latin America and they are ten times greater than all other existing natural gas reserves in Peru. Camisea fields are located in a rain forest region know as Bajo Urubamba and they are part of the Echarate district, province of La Convención, department of Cusco. This is approximately 500 kilometers from the east of Lima city, in the Amazonian jungle.
  • Gas is supplied to the Peru LNG Terminal

+++ Contractors

  • **Tecna:** Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Construction, Hazop, Precommissioning/Commissioning, Start up assistance for the Cashiriari 3 Gas Processing CapacityUnit - 450 MMSCFD

+++ History

  • 2004 - Camisea Gas Field came onstream

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