A new tourist lookout point will be built over the next few months, along with the renovation of the stairway connecting Loncura with the coastal promenade, benefiting the residents of this traditional sector of Quintero.
The project seeks to create an important new urban landmark for the community, improving connectivity for local residents and creating an important tourist attraction, taking advantage of an unparalleled view over all the Quintero Bay.

The renovation of the stairway on Loncura’s Casma Street and the new lookout point are a project on which Copec, Codelco Ventanas, GNL Quintero and the area’s neighborhood associations have been working for several months.
Graciela Bustamante, a resident of Loncura, indicated that “for me, this is a really great thing because I have been here since this was a little wooden stairway, down which we fell several times, and I haven’t used it for quite a while because of the state it was in.” Similarly, Carlos Gallardo, president of the Union and Progress Neighborhood Association, commented that “this project, as well as improving the setting, will also improve the quality of life of many people, so it will be fantastic.”

The community will play an active role in the project’s design since, through direct and online surveys, its members will be able to establish their priorities for this new urban landmark. Felipe Manríquez, representing the companies participating in the project, pointed out that “the idea is that everyone can see the project, get to know it and express an opinion about its development, both on social networks and by answering the surveys through the QR codes that will be installed on panels in the five neighborhood associations. The call, therefore, is to participate.”

The project is expected to be completed in the first half of 2020 and is the first of a number of urban improvement projects in the area that have arisen from joint work between the community and local companies in the framework of the Quintero Vive (Quintero Lives) initiative.

2018 was marked by the socio-environmental crisis experienced in Quintero and Puchuncaví, a situation that generated a new stage in the relationship between the community and the companies with operations in the area. In response, we redoubled our efforts to strengthen the ties we have built with our neighbors, based on a genuine commitment to their development and quality of life.

In the case of its operating results, GNL Quintero supplied 3,036 million Sm3@9300 kcal of natural gas by pipeline and 561,000 m3 of LNG by tanker truck, with an average availability of 99.7% and an average reliability of 98.4%. It also set a new record for the loading of LNG into tanker trucks, reaching an average of 35 trucks/day.
In the last quarter of 2018, natural gas shipments through the gas pipeline from Argentina were resumed. However, dispatch of natural gas from the Quintero Terminal to Argentina was important during the winter months, reaching 105 million Sm3@9300 kcal.

The Company was also an important factor in the 15% of the power produced in the National Electricity System from natural gas in 2018.

In the case of safety and prevention, employees received an average of 18 hours of training on health, safety and environmental matters in 2018 while total training per person reached an average of 60 hours.

On sustainability, which is one of the pillars of the Company, it signed a clean production agreement (APL) and, thanks to reuse measures, reduced the waste sent to a landfill by 12.25%. It also maintained its Gold category Seal of Energy Efficiency, awarded by the Energy Ministry.

In addition, in line with its objective of reducing any gender gap, the Company joined the Alliance for Gender of the PROhumana Foundation.

The Sustainability Report is available on GNL Quintero’s website (www.gnlquintero.com) and can be viewed or downloaded here.