Southern Cross Gas Pipeline

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The Southern Cross Gas Pipeline, known in Spanish as the Gasoducto Cruz del Sur, is a gas pipeline running from Argentina to Uruguay.[1]

Location

The pipeline runs from Punta Lara in Argentina to Colonia del Sacramento and Montevideo, Uruguay.[2]

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Project Details

  • Operator: Gasoducto Cruz del Sur SA[1]
  • Owner: BG Netherlands (40%), Pan American Energy (30%), ANCAP (20%), Wintershall (10%)[3]
  • Parent company: Shell (40%)[4], Pan American Energy (30%), ANCAP (20%), Wintershall (10%)[3]
  • Current capacity: 1.825 bcm/year[5][6]
  • Length: 400 km[1]
  • Diameter: 18 inches, 24 inches[6]
  • Status: Operating
  • Start Year: 2002[1][7]

Background

Construction of the pipeline started in March 2001. It was completed in November 2002 and inaugurated by the presidents of Uruguay and Argentina, Jorge Batlle Ibáñez and Eduardo Duhalde.[7] The main pipeline, constructed at a cost of US$150 million[8], is approximately 215 km in length[5][7][9] and has a capacity of 5 million cubic meters of natural gas per day (1.825 billion cubic meters per year).[5][6] Additional branches of the pipeline bring its total length to 400 kilometers.[1][9][10] The offshore section crossing the River Plate between Punta Lara (Argentina) and Santa Ana (Uruguay) measures 55 kilometers in length, with the remainder of the pipeline running onshore through the departments of Colonia, San José, Canelones y Montevideo in Uruguay.[7][9][10] The pipeline ranges in diameter from 18 to 24 inches.[6][9]

Proposed extension to Brazil

The pipeline is supplied from Argentina's gas fields in the Neuquén Basin. An increase in Argentine fossil gas production made possible by completion of the first phase of the Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline in mid-2023 has spurred interest in the possibility of extending the Southern Cross pipeline to export Argentine gas into southern Brazil.[9][11] The 920-kilometer pipeline extension would start in Colonia, Uruguay, and end in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Some 415 kilometers (258 mi) of pipe would be laid in Uruguay and 505 kilometers (314 mi) in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. In Brazil, the new pipeline extension would connect with the existing Gasbol gas pipeline.[9]

Proposed Extension to Brazil: Location

The proposed extension would run from Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay to a junction with the Gasbol Gas Pipeline near Porto Alegre, Brazil.[9]

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  • Length: 920 km[9]
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  • Status: Proposed
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Articles and resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "¿Quiénes somos?". Gasoducto Cruz del Sur. Retrieved 2022-07-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Gasoducto Cruz del Sur". Gasoducto Cruz del Sur. Retrieved 2021-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Gasoducto Cruz del Sur". ANCAP. Retrieved 2020-06-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Combining Shell and BG: a simpler and more profitable company". Shell. February 15, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Contrato de Concesión entre el Poder Ejecutivo de la República Oriental del Uruguay y Gasoducto Cruz del Sur S.A. (p 47)" (PDF). Gobierno de la República Oriental del Uruguay. March 22, 1999.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Argentine gas to flow to Uruguay". The Australian Pipeliner. November 2002. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Duhalde y Batlle inauguraron el gasoducto Cruz del Sur". Infobae. November 28, 2002.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Cruz del Sur pipeline". Wikipedia. Retrieved 2020-06-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 "El Gobierno reflota otra traza para llevar el gas de Vaca Muerta a Brasil". Mejor Energía. April 3, 2023.
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Gasoducto Cruz del Sur". Intendencia Municipal de San José. Retrieved 2023-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. Fernando Heredia (October 12, 2022). "La industria evalúa una nueva opción para exportar gas a Brasil: el paso por Uruguay - Energía Online". Energía Online.

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