Chile’s GasAtacama seeking to import LNG

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Northern Chilean power generatorGasAtacama is looking to import LNGfrom the US Gulf coast as an alternativeto the area’s 1.5mn t/yr LNG receivingterminal GNL Mejillones, which is led byFrench utility GDF Suez.“We have had discussions withGasAtacama, but there is no defini-tive agreement,” says US companyCheniere Energy, which aims to startexporting LNG from its Sabine Passimport terminal in Louisiana by 2015.Cheniere has 9.8mn t/yr of non-bind-ing supply agreements in place that itplans to make permanent. GasAtacamadeclines to comment.