The project is part of the initiative of the country to finish little with its dependency of the reliable fuel provisions, although analysts say that the single import of GNL will not be sufficient to revert its recent increase in generation of energy with diesel engine.
The British company/signature Vg Group has been contracted to provide up to 1.7 million tons to the year of GNL to the terminal of Quintero, in center of Chile, for 21 years, and the first shipments will arrive the 28 of June from Trinidad.
Tokman indicated to journalists in a conference of energy in Lima that the boardings will arrive by the end of this month and that the operations would begin in July.
The minister also affirmed that he hopes that the terminal provides between 4 and 6 million cubic meters per day per day in the 2009, whereas it would have to be able to increase his production to near 15 million cubic meters per day for trimester ends first or beginnings of I second quarterly of the next year.
At the moment, the natural gas represents the 2 percent of the generation of energy in Chile, that has undergone cuts of provision of Argentina. The hydroelectric generation reaches the 50 percent, the diesel engine around 27 percent and the coal near a 15 percent.
The natural gas of Quintero will be used to supply to the regional industry and the domestic market in the Santiago capital.
Tokman asserted that a similar terminal in the north of Chile, administered by Suez and the state producer of Codelco copper, will have to begin to operate for 2009 ends or beginnings of the 2010.
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