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The NorAndino Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline in Argentina and Chile.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs west from the Pichanal natural gas compressor station in Argentina's Salta province, passing through Tres Cruces (Jujuy province), crossing the Argentine-Chilean border at Paso de Jama, and continuing through the Antofagasta region to Engie's Tocopilla and Mejillones power stations and the Mejillones LNG Terminal on Chile's Pacific coast.[1][2][3]
Project Details
- Operator: Gasoducto NorAndino[4]
- Owner: Engie Energía Chile (EECL) (100%)[4]
- Parent Company: Engie (59.99%), Santiago Stock Exchange (40.01%)[4][5]
- Current capacity: 2 to 8 million cubic meters per day[2][6][7]
- Length: 1,070 kilometers[2]
- Diameter: 12 inches, 16 inches, 20 inches[2][7]
- Status: Operating
- Start Year: 1999[2]
- Associated infrastructure:
Background
The pipeline was originally designed to transport natural gas from northern Argentina to Chile.[8] However, starting in 2004, Argentina began reducing gas exports to Chile due to insufficient supply, and by 2007 gas transport through the pipeline had been completely halted.
In 2012, Argentina and Chile began discussing possible conversion of their trans-Andean pipelines to permit bi-directional flow. By 2016 the two governments had developed scenarios calling for Chile to export natural gas received at its Mejillones LNG Terminal and Quintero LNG terminal to the Argentine provinces of Salta and Mendoza, respectively, during the winter months, while Argentina would ship natural gas from its own production to Chile during the summer. The two pipelines identified as the best candidates for this initiative were the NorAndino Gas Pipeline in the north and the GasAndes Pipeline in the south.[3][9][10]
In December 2017, Engie Energía Chile and Argentina Energy Consulting Services (ECS) became the first private companies to take advantage of the NorAndino Pipeline's new bi-directional capacities. Under the terms of their agreement, ECS was to export up to 2.5 million cubic meters of Argentine natural gas per day for use in Engie's Chilean operations through May 15, 2018; after that date, and within 240 days of its initial shipment, ECS was to reimport an equivalent volume of gas from Chile.[11]
The NorAndino Pipeline, along with the GasAndes Pipeline, has continued to play a key role in meeting shifting seasonal demand for natural gas in Chile and Argentina.[6][12] In April 2022, Argentine and Chilean government officials met with representatives of 10 leading oil and gas companies to discuss a fuel swap initiative that would send Vaca Muerta gas to Chile in the summer months via the GasAndes pipeline, while returning gas to northern Argentina in the winter months via the NorAndino Gas Pipeline.[12]
The completion of the first phase of the Néstor Kirchner Gas Pipeline in 2023 accelerated Argentina's plans to reverse the course of the Gasoducto Norte Gas Pipeline so that Vaca Muerta gas could be brought to northern Argentina, both for domestic consumption and for export to Chile via the NorAndino pipeline.[13][14]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gasoducto NorAndino S.A., BN Americas, accessed October 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 José Manuel Ponce (TGN), Juan Bustinza (Tecnored Ingeniería S.R.L.) & Rodolfo Reale (Gasoducto Nor Andino S.A.). "Aspectos Geotécnicos del Gasoducto Nor Andino en la Cuesta de Mal Paso" (PDF). Retrieved August 7, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Andreotti, Jorge Ignacio (2016-05-14). "Análisis de la importación de Gas desde Chile". Electrónica, Electricidad y Telecomunicaciones.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Universal Registration Document 2022 (p 28)" (PDF). Engie. March 7, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Engie Energía Chile Reported EBITDA of US$102 Million and Net Profits of US$20 Million in the First Quarter of 2023 (p 1)" (PDF). Engie. April 26, 2023.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|title=at position 79 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Cómo es el plan de intercambio de gas con Chile que analiza el gobierno". Río Negro. November 25, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Reporte de información de los gasoductos Norandino, Atacama, Gas Pacífico y Gas Andes (p 34)" (PDF). CREG (Comisión de Regulación de Energía y Gas). October 1, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Nor Andino to Appeal Injunction Halting Construction of Pipeline, Wall Street Journal, 19 de junio de 1998
- ↑ "Chile vuelve a importar gas natural desde Argentina una década después". Efe. October 30, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "De Vaca Muerta al Hogar de los Argentinos: El Desafío del Downstream del Gas en Argentina" (PDF). Shale en Argentina / Instituto Argentino del Petróleo y del Gas. 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Engie hará la mayor compra de gas argentino para usar en Chile desde firma de protocolo". Electricidad (in español). December 27, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 Santiago Spaltro (April 4, 2022). "Gas: intercambio con Chile y exportaciones sin cortes, en la agenda bilateral". Cronista.
- ↑ "El Gobierno acelera la reversión del gasoducto troncal para abastecer al norte del país". El Litoral. April 2, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Licitan obras para hacer el gasoducto que llevará gas de Vaca Muerta al norte del país". TÉLAM. May 14, 2023.
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