U.K. to Get First LNG From Peru While Still Waiting for U.S.
- U.K. to receive its first shipment from Peru later this month
- Panama Canal expansion has cut journey distance by two-thirds
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Almost a year after the first liquefied natural gas cargo left the Gulf of Mexico, the U.K. is still waiting to claim a slice of American supply. By the end of the month it will, but it won’t be made in the U.S.
Peru LNG loaded a vessel on Monday destined for England, according to Lima-based Perupetro SA’s website. It’s the first of the plant’s 401 cargoes to head to the U.K. and the first into the liquid markets of northwest Europe since 2010, not counting a shipment in August to France’s Dunkirk used to cool down a new import terminal.