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Viewing cable 08LIMA213, PERU ENERGY UPDATE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08LIMA213 2008-02-05 21:58 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Lima
VZCZCXYZ0013
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHPE #0213/01 0362158
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 052158Z FEB 08
FM AMEMBASSY LIMA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7844
INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 5491
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 1735
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ FEB SANTIAGO 1734
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 7758
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 3277
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 1038
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO 3606
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 2651
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RUEHC/DEPT OF INTERIOR WASHINGTON DC
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHINGTON DC
RHEHAAA/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
UNCLAS LIMA 000213 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
COMMERCE FOR 4331/MAC/WH/MCAMERON 
TREASURY FOR MMALLOY 
USTR FOR BHARMAN AND MCARRILLO 
INTERIOR FOR USGS/RESTON DMENZIE AND AGURMENDI 
ENERGY FOR GWARD AND SBROWNE 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION FOR CHARLES ESSER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ENRG ECON SENV EINV ETRD PE
 
SUBJECT: PERU ENERGY UPDATE 
 
 
SUMMARY 
------- 
1.  This is an update on the following energy sector news from Peru: 
 
-- Shell returns to Peru by buying BPZ Energy 
-- Japanese interested in Peru explorations 
-- Biodiesel and Ethanol projects seek to meet demand 
-- Brazilians seek ethanol projects because of PTPA 
-- Natural gas displaces diesel for power generation 
-- Wind power feasibility concessions 
-- Peruvian Navy tanker chartered by BPZ Energy sinks 
-- PeruPetro to take Amazon officials to Houston. 
End Summary. 
 
SHELL BACK IN PERU? 
------------------- 
2.  Shell Oil will return to Peru and purchase BPZ Energy, according 
to Daniel Saba, Chairman of PeruPetro, the government agency in 
charge of licensing oil and gas exploration and production.  Shell 
has neither confirmed nor denied the news.  BPZ Energy is a small 
Houston-based oil and gas exploration and production company, which 
holds four oil and gas exploration and production license contracts 
covering approximately 2.4 million acres in northwest Peru.  Shell 
discovered the world class Camisea gas deposit in the mid-1980s, but 
abandoned it in 1988 when no agreement was reached with the GOP for 
its development.  Shell and ExxonMobil returned to Camisea in 1994, 
but they were again unable to agree on terms with the GOP.  Shell 
left Peru in 1998. 
 
JAPANESE COMPANIES TO EXPLORE 
----------------------------- 
3.  A PeruPetro official reported that Japanese agency JOGMEC (Japan 
Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation) is interested in 
conducting geologic evaluation studies in Peru intended to support 
oil and gas exploration investments that Japanese companies are 
planning.  The official said that several Japanese companies have 
expressed interest in PeruPetro March 2008 international bid of 
eleven exploration blocks.  In September 2007 Marubeni bought a 10% 
stake in the Peru LNG Project from Korea's SK Energy, making 
Marubeni the first Japanese company to invest in energy projects in 
Peru. Japan's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy reportedly 
told the Peruvians that several Japanese companies have also 
expressed interest in installing compressed natural gas plants. 
 
BIODIESEL AND ETHANOL SURGE AHEAD 
--------------------------------- 
4.  The GOP has mandated that starting January 2009, diesel 2 must 
contain 2% biodiesel, rising to 5% in 2011.  Similarly, gasolines 
must contain 7.8% as of January 2010.  Grupo Romero, Peru's largest 
domestic business group, inaugurated its first biodiesel plant just 
south of Lima at end-January, with a capacity of 3,000 barrels per 
day.  The plant will use imported soy until plantations in the 
southern department of Ica are ready.  Grupo Romero plans to have 
its second biodiesel plant ready by mid-year, in the jungle 
department of San Martin.  This plant will be vertically integrated 
with its own supply of palm oil, which the company has already begun 
planting in San Martin and Loreto.  Grupo Romero already has a sugar 
cane-based ethanol project in the northern coastal department of 
Piura with a capacity of 300,000 liters/day.  U.S. firm Maple Energy 
has a 30 million gallons of ethanol per year project in the same 
area. 
 
PTPA ATTRACTS BRAZILIAN ETHANOL 
------------------------------- 
5.  Over ten Brazilian companies are negotiating deals with Peruvian 
sugar producers to jointly develop ethanol projects, according to 
the president of the Peruvian-Brazilian Chamber, Miguel Vega.  Vega 
says the Brazilians are attracted by the terms of the 
 
recently-signed U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA), under 
which Peruvian ethanol will enter the U.S. duty-free.  Brazilian 
ethanol pays a 16% duty in the U.S. 
 
ELECTRICITY FROM NATURAL GAS 
---------------------------- 
6.  With water from the high Andes and insufficient domestic oil, 
Peru had relied on hydro (68%) and thermal (32%, mainly diesel) 
power generation.  The Camisea project began bringing natural gas to 
Lima in 2004, allowing natural gas to largely displace the more 
contaminating diesel.  Three natural gas-fired power plants were 
commissioned between December 2006 and July 2007, helping natural 
gas account for 26% power generation in 2007.  Approximately 78% of 
Peruvians have electricity in their homes, compared with 53% in 
1990.  The 22% of Peruvians without electricity are in jungle and 
rural areas, and the GOP's rural electrification program aims to 
increase electrification to 83% by end 2008.  Four power 
transmission projects will be concessioned through international bid 
in the first half of 2008. 
 
NATURAL GAS FOR VEHICLES, INDUSTRY, HOMES, PETROCHEMICALS 
--------------------------- ----------------------------- 
 
WIND POWER FEASIBILITY 
---------------------- 
7.  The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) has thus far granted six 
temporary concessions for feasibility studies of wind power 
generation projects, and five more projects have filed applications. 
 Three of the temporary concessions are in the northern department 
of Piura.  The state-owned power distribution company ADINELSA is 
reported to have determined that probable wind generation potential 
in the Peruvian coast is about 65,152 megawatts (MW).  Peru's total 
installed energy capacity at the end of 2007 was about 5,900 MW. 
 
TANKER SUNK AT BLOCK Z-1 
------------------------ 
8.  On January 30, the 7,500 barrel capacity tanker "Supe," 
chartered by BPZ Energy from the Peruvian Navy, caught fire and sank 
near a platform.  Thirteen Peruvian Navy sailors working aboard the 
Supe were injured by the fire, one of whom subsequently died.  The 
tanker was being used to store oil produced at two wells of BPZ's 
offshore Block Z-1 in northwest Peru.  The regional government of 
Tumbes reported that the tanker sank with 260 barrels of oil, 20% of 
the 1,300 barrels it had at the time.  Press reports said BPZ sent 
two experts from the U.S. to evaluate the environmental impact, and 
the Peruvian Navy said that it sent special spill control equipment 
and personnel to the area. 
 
OFFICIALS TAKE AMAZON TO HOUSTON 
-------------------------------- 
9.  Perupetro officials will peddle their upcoming international bid 
of eleven exploration blocks in Houston on February 8, taking 
advantage of NAPE (formerly North American Prospect Expo) 2008. 
Perupetro will be joined by indigenous leader Cesar Sarasara, 
president of the Confederation of Amazon Nationalities of Peru 
(CONAP).  Perupetro officials are hoping to blunt criticism from 
environmental groups. 
NEALON