The president of Petróleos del Perú SA – Petroperú, Pedro Chira, reported that the company maintains its interest in the operation of Lot X of Talara, whose contract is about to expire in May.
Petropetrú’s EBITDA projection for 2024, including the operation of lots I, VI and Z-2B, in addition to the New Talara Refinery (NRT), reaches US$572 million. With the operation of Lot X, it would reach US$704 million in 2024 alone, and US$997 million in 2025.
During a press conference, Chira Fernández explained that an exercise of the positive flows that the operation of the field, today in the hands of the Chinese state-owned company CNPC, has been presented to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM).
“We are interested in participating in Lot
In this sense, the head of the state company said that the exploitation of this lot, which produces about 11,000 barrels per day (bpd), could be developed jointly with another operator.
“All the fields that are in the northwest are connected to the NRT, which is their natural market. From that point of view, and being [los barriles de Talara] their diet, there is an interest, whether we participate or with an operator under the process that Perupetro decides to do,” he highlighted.
Source: Larepublica
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