Overview
- Six operators renewed an urgent request for a meeting with President José Jerí after a December 2 appeal and subsequent talks with Petroperú, Minem and MEF produced no payment.
- They report continuing to deliver crude to the Talara refinery despite nonpayment and say they supply roughly half of Peru’s oil output and about 30% of Talara’s feedstock.
- Unpaid invoices have broken their payment chain, leaving them unable to meet obligations to suppliers and creditors and affecting more than 15,000 workers and families.
- The companies seek immediate measures: full amortization of overdue sums, secured flows for upcoming receivables, temporary suspension of royalties and investment commitments, and access to Petroperú infrastructure to store or sell crude to third parties at market terms.
- Signatories—OIG, Unna, Olympic, Petromont, GTG and Panda Energy—say Petroperú’s liquidity crisis risks national fuel supply and the continuity of hydrocarbon license contracts.