La Carlota-Tío Pujio Gas Pipeline
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La Carlota-Tío Pujio Gas Pipeline, also known as the Gasoducto de Integración Federal, is an operating gas pipeline in Córdoba province, Argentina.
Location
The pipeline runs from the La Carlota compressor station (on the Gasoducto Centro Oeste network) to the Tío Pujio compressor station (on the Gasoducto Norte network).[1][2][3]
Project details
- Operator: Energía Argentina S.A. (ENARSA)[1]
- Owner: Energía Argentina S.A. (ENARSA)[1]
- Parent company: Energía Argentina S.A. (ENARSA)[1]
- Capacity: 16 million m3 per day (5.84 bcm/y)[1]
- Length: 122.53 km[1]
- Diameter: 36 inches[1][4]
- Status: Operating[5]
- Start year: 2024[4][6]
- Cost: US$540 million[7]
- Financing: Cooperación Andina de Fomento (CAF)[7]
- Associated infrastructure:
Background
Proposed in 2022, the 123-kilometer La Carlota-Tío Pujio Gas Pipeline is designed to connect the existing Centro Oeste and Gasoducto Norte pipeline systems[1][4], to facilitate and expedite the transport of fossil gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta region to customers in northern Argentina, and to pave the way for possible future exports to Chile and Bolivia.[3][7] The new pipeline is a key component of the Reversión del Gasoducto Norte project, which aims to reverse the direction of flow along the Gasoducto Norte from southward to northward, allowing northern Argentina to replace imports of Bolivian gas with domestically produced supplies.[3][7] In January 2023, Argentina's Ministry of the Economy announced that financing for the US$540 million project would be provided by the Latin American development bank CAF (Cooperación Andina de Fomento).[3][7][8]
In January 2024, Argentina's state-owned energy company ENARSA awarded a contract to UTE Techint-Sacde for construction of the first 100 km of pipeline[9], and in March 2024 ENARSA signed a contract for the remaining 22 km with the Argentine engineering firm BTU.[10]
As of May 2024, construction of the first 100 kilometers of pipeline was complete, with the remaining 22 kilometers scheduled for completion by August 2024.[6] Hydraulic tests were underway along the full length of the completed pipeline in August 2024, with commissioning expected in mid-September.[11]
The new pipeline was officially inaugurated and placed into service in November 2024.[5]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Estudio de Impacto - Obra: "Gasoducto La Carlota -Tío Pujio" (pp 1, 12)" (PDF). Energía Argentina. December 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Audiencias Públicas, Junio 2023: Gasoducto La Carlota-Tío Pujio - 22/06/2023 10:00 hs". Secretaría de Ambiente. May 23, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Argentina acelera las obras del gasoducto norte para reemplazar el gas de Bolivia". Bloomberg Línea. July 24, 2023.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "RGN: Reversion Gasoducto Norte". Techint. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Llaryora y el ministro Francos inauguraron el gasoducto La Carlota-Tío Pujio y habilitaron la reversión del Gasoducto del Norte". InfoNegocios. 2024-11-13.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Importante Avance en las Obras de Reversión del Gasoducto Norte: Concluyeron las Soldaduras en Dos Tramos". Energía Argentina. 2024-05-28.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "La CAF financiará con US$ 540 millones la construcción del gasoducto La Carlota-Tío Pujio". EconoJournal. January 26, 2023.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Argentina inks $540 mln deal with development bank for gas projects". Reuters. January 25, 2023.
- ↑ "Reversal of Northern Gas Pipeilne: Techint Sacde consortium charged with lines two and three". Techint. 2024-01-26.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Enarsa y BTU firmaron los contratos pendientes de la reversión del Gasoducto Norte". Mejor Energía. 2024-03-22.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "El mes próximo se termina la reversión del Gasoducto Norte para abastecer a 7 provincias". Política y Medios. 2024-08-20.
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