November 16, 2022. The Regional Government of Cusco and the Camisea Consortium signed a cooperation agreement to promote mass use and increase the demand for compressed and/or liquefied natural gas in urban mass passenger transport vehicles, heavy transport and solid waste collection trucks in the Cusco Region in Peru.
Through the agreement, the Government undertakes to implement a plan for the promotion and expansion of Camisea natural gas and provide facilities to make viable the commitments required for the execution of the project. For its part, the Camisea Consortium will finance the corresponding feasibility and sustainability studies.
The signing of the document was attended by the regional Governor of Cusco, Jean Paul Benavente, and representatives of the Camisea Consortium, who highlighted the benefits of this project, stating that this sector of carriers in the region will have access to clean, economical fuel with affordable prices. stable, widely available and produced in Peru, all of this aligned with the interests of the State that seeks to massify natural gas nationwide.
“The Camisea Consortium reaffirms its commitment to support the widespread use of natural gas in the Cusco region. An example is not only the signing of this agreement, but also the commissioning of two natural gas service stations in Cusco and a third that will soon be inaugurated in Quillabamba; as well as the almost 1,400 taxi vehicles converted to gas,” said a representative of Pluspetrol, operator of the Camisea Consortium.
The implementation of natural gas as the main fuel would not only generate savings of 50% compared to the price of a gallon of gasoline, but would also reduce the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) to the direct benefit of the environment.
