Petroecuador has informed the EP that starting next September, the Shushufindi asset, Sucumbíos province, will provide 12 MW (megawatts) more power to the 53 MW currently required in the area.

A new inspection of the “sinking” Bajo Alto gas plant will be carried out in 60 days, but it will not be closed for now

For this, a General Electric TM 2500 turbine has been installed on the Shushufindi field, and currently the technicians of the state oil company are defining the last details related to the operation of this turbine, with the aim of starting the test program at the end of May and thus working in optimal conditions with residual gas.

The general manager of Petroecuador, Ramón Correa, explained that the entry of 12 MW will reduce the import of energy from the National Interconnected System to the Petroleum Electric System, which is beneficial for the country, especially in the dry season.

In the first quarter of the year, Petroecuador shipped more than 560 million gallons of fuel

The state-owned company recalled that from December 2022 until today, the company has already reduced energy imports from the National Interconnected System, obtaining power in the range of 43 MW to 46 MW, which was previously in the order of 50 MW, which represents 14% of the total power required for research and production.

According to the data of the state oil company, in that period and in 27 days the energy transfer was less than 43 MW.