Gasoducto del Litoral Gas Pipeline

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Gasoducto del Litoral is an operating gas pipeline running from Argentina to Uruguay.

Location

The pipeline runs from near the intersection of highways 14 and 135 outside Colón, Entre Ríos, Argentina, across the international bridge to Paysandú, Uruguay.

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Project details

• Operator: ANCAP (Uruguayan section), TGN (Argentine section)
• Owner: ANCAP, UTE
• Parent company: ANCAP, UTE
• Capacity: 1.2 million m³ per day (438 million cubic meters per year)
• Length: 27.2 km
• Diameter: 2, 4, 8, 10 inches
• Status: Operating
• Start year: 1998
• Cost: US$ 8 million
• Financing: ANCAP
• Associated infrastructure: Entrerriano Gas Pipeline

Background

The Gasoducto del Litoral is one of two pipelines that transport fossil gas from Argentina to Uruguay (the other is the Southern Cross Gas Pipeline). The pipeline was built in 1998 under an agreement between Uruguay's state-owned oil and power companies – UTE and ANCAP – and the Argentine province of Entre Rios. The pipeline consists of a 15-kilometer, 10-inch section In Argentina, and a 12.2-kilometer section in Uruguay that uses a combination of 2-, 4-, 8- and 10-inch pipe. The pipeline is supplied by another Argentine pipeline, the Gasoducto Troncal Entrerriano, which connects with the Gasoducto del Litoral near Colón, Entre Ríos, Argentina.