Overview
- TGP finished welding and verification, restarted the 730‑km line, and said deliveries would reach full capacity after roughly 18 hours of pressure equalization early Saturday.
- President José María Balcázar declared the contingency resolved and said nationwide distribution would be completely restored on March 14.
- Vehicular natural gas sales resumed at stations such as La Victoria in Lima, where drivers reported waits over 40 minutes and complained about elevated prices and weak oversight.
- Distributor Cálidda outlined phased reconnections, re‑enabling supply for light vehicles first, with regulated industries and power generators returning to full service by Saturday.
- Even as energy flows normalized, extortion attacks on Lima’s public transport continued, and abroad Spain’s leaders clashed over fuel‑price relief timing while Argentina’s Javier Milei made a brief Madrid stop before returning to provincial events to back his chief of cabinet.