Argentina-Paraguay-Brazil Gas Pipeline

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Argentina-Paraguay-Brazil Gas Pipeline is a proposed gas pipeline that would run from northwestern Argentina to southwestern Brazil, passing through Paraguay.

Location

The pipeline is proposed to run from a junction with the Gasoducto Norte in Campo Durán, Argentina to Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. En route, the pipeline would pass through Pozo Hondo and Carmelo Peralta, Paraguay, and Porto Murtinho, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Project details

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• Capacity: 10 million to 15 million m³ per day
• Length: 1050 km
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• Status: Proposed
• Start year: 2027
• Cost: US$1.5 billion to US$2 billion
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• Associated infrastructure: Gasoducto Norte Gas Pipeline

Background

In May 2024, Paraguay's Vice Minister of Energy and Mines confirmed that the Paraguayan government was studying potential development of a tri-national pipeline to transport fossil gas from Argentina through Paraguay to Brazil.

The gas, originating in Argentina's Vaca Muerta region, would be transported north via the Néstor Kirchner Gas Pipeline and the Gasoducto Norte to Campo Durán (Salta province) in northwestern Argentina.

From Campo Durán, the new multi-national pipeline would run 110 km east through Argentina to Pozo Hondo in Paraguay, then continue 530 km east across Paraguay to Carmelo Peralta on the Paraguay-Brazil border. After crossing the border to Porto Murtinho, Brazil, a final 410-kilometer segment would be constructed through the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul to the pipeline's terminus in the capital city of Campo Grande.

The estimated cost of developing the proposed pipeline would be between US $1.5 billion and US $2 billion, and the pipeline's capacity would be between 10 million and 15 million m³ per day.

Alternate route through Asunción, Paraguay

A shorter alternate route for the pipeline has also been proposed, running from a junction with Argentina's Gasoducto del Noreste in Formosa province to Asunción, Paraguay, then continuing north-northeast to Campo Grande, Brazil. This alternate route through Asunción would have the advantage of being shorter than the route through Pozo Hondo and Carmelo Peralta, but few details about this alternate route were available as of June 2024.