Ecopetrol and Cenit, a subsidiary company of the Ecopetrol Group, launched a pilot project for the importation of small-scale liquefied natural gas destined for the district of Buenaventurawith the purpose of guaranteeing a reliable gas supply alternative and providing greater autonomy in the supply of this fuel for some areas in the west of the country.
This operation, according to the oil company, will allow for an alternate supply plan, thanks to the logistical ease offered by a satellite regasification plantwhich can be located anywhere under a safe, flexible, efficient and fast execution scheme.
“In this case, the regasification plant will be located in Buenaventura and its function is to convert the imported product that arrives in a ship to the port from a liquid to a gaseous state, to later deliver it to the local distributor and this in turn to the final consumers. ”, reported Ecopetrol.
During the six months that this proof of concept lasts 0.320 Gbtud will be imported (gas measurement unit) to meet regarding 60% of the current demand of the Buenaventura district. In the next few hours, the gas will be delivered to the distribution system.
“The development of this type of innovative initiatives allows us to reach more Colombians with natural gas, which is a low-emission energy source. Micro LNG gives us the option of having small volumes that in the future will allow us to serve remote communities, and ensure market growth in municipalities such as Popayán, Pasto, Florencia and Tumaco, among others”, said Yeimy Báez, Vice President of Casualty Solutions. Emissions.
For his part, the president of Cenit, Héctor Manosalva, stated that “with the start-up of a satellite plant for regasification of liquid natural gas in Buenaventura, we confirm our commitment to the energy transition and, in turn, we generate as Ecopetrol Group positive social impacts in non-interconnected areas of the National Transportation System”.
Ecopetrol advances this initiative with Cenit, which developed a collaboration agreement with Invercolsa, through its subsidiary company Progasur, Promotora de Gases del Sur SA ESP, to carry out regasification during the duration of the pilot.
This project is part of Ecopetrol’s ‘Energy that Transforms’ strategy to 2040, which aims to develop new alternative energies for advance on the path towards the goal of zero net carbon emissions by 2050.
