Wood MacKenzie has awarded Foster Wheeler a contract to provide consultancy services for two key energy projects in Peru. Foster Wheeler will develop the design and cost estimates for both planned investments – the Energy Security and South Pipeline project and the Energy Node in South Peru. The firm says it expects to complete the world in the fourth quarter of 2013.

The Energy Security and South Pipeline project will involve the development of pipelines to support the existing natural gas and natural gas liquids transportation system from Las Malvinas to the Chiquintirca compression station, and the development of the southern pipeline from the existing natural gas transportation system to the south coast.

The Energy Node in South Peru project will involve the development of thermoelectric power generation plants with a capacity up to 2,000 MW to promote the development of an energy centre and petrochemical complex in the south of the country.

The principal stakeholders involved in the two projects are the Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines and ProInversion, the government agency responsible for promoting private investments.

The projects are designed to strengthen energy security in Peru and decentralsze power generation from the centre of the country.