Promigas Pipeline Network

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The Promigas Pipeline Network, also known as the Ballena-Cartagena-Jobo Pipeline​ or the Gasoducto de la Costa Atlántica, is an operating gas pipeline in Colombia.

Location

The pipeline's main branch starts in Ballena, La Guajira department and runs west along the Caribbean coast to Barranquilla and Cartagena, passing through compressor stations at Palomino, La Arenosa (Barranquilla), Caracolí, and Paiva. A second branch runs north to Cartagena from the Jobo gas fields of Córdoba department and the La Creciente gas fields of Sucre department, passing through the Sahagún, Majaguas and Filadelfia stations. The two branches meet at the La Heroica station in Mamonal, just south of Cartagena.

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Project Details

• Operator: Promigas
• Owner: Promigas
• Parent company: Promigas
• Capacity: 851 MMcfd
• Length: 1222.50 km
• Diameter: 20 inches (Ballena to Barranquilla); 12 inches (Barranquilla to Cartagena/Mamonal), 10 inches (Cartagena/Mamonal to Jobo)
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1977
• Financing:

Background

The Promigas Pipeline Network transports natural gas from the Ballena gas fields of La Guajira department, the Jobo gas fields of Córdoba department, and the La Creciente gas fields of Sucre department to communities along Colombia's Caribbean coast including Cartagena and Barranquilla.

The pipeline's first 10-inch section between Jobo and Cartagena was built in 1964 by San Andrés Development Company, a subsidiary of Exxon. In 1974, a new association, Promigas (Promotora de la Interconexión de los Gasoductos de la Costa Atlántica Limitada), was formed to facilitate transport of natural gas along the Caribbean coast from the newly discovered gas fields at Ballena. On August 12, 1977 Promigas inaugurated the new Ballena-Barranquilla-Cartagena pipeline, which connected with the Jobo-Cartagena pipeline in Mamonal, just south of Cartagena.

In May 2021, the Promigas Pipeline Network saw an uptick in industrial gas demand as the economy continued its COVID-19 recovery.

Phase 1 & Phase 2 Expansion Project

In November 2016, Promigas announced that it would expand the capacity of its pipeline network by 100 MMcfd through the addition of compressor stations and three sections of new pipeline — an initiative known as the Proyecto 100 MPCD in some company reports. In 2018, Promigas obtained the necessary licenses and environmental permits and laid the first section of pipeline. In July 2019, Promigas announced completion of the expansion's first phase, with commissioning of the 85-kilometer, 20-inch Jobo-Majaguas pipeline and the new Filadelfia compressor station.

Development of the expansion's second phase, which involved the installation of 52 kilometers of 20- and 24-inch pipeline between Mamonal and Paiva and a new 20-inch, 83-kilometer pipeline between Paiva and Caracolí, was interrupted in March 2020 by the coronavirus pandemic, but work resumed in late April 2020 and reportedly entered its final stages in the following months. Promigas announced in its 2020 annual report that the Paiva-Caracolí segment and the new Paiva compressor station began commercial operations in 2020, bringing the expansion project to completion. In its 2021 annual report, Promigas confirmed that the 100 MMcfd expansion had raised the pipeline system's total capacity to 951 million cubic feet per day.

Phase 1 Expansion Project Location

The Phase 1 expansion consists of a new section of pipeline running from Jobo to Majaguas.

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Phase 2 Expansion Project Location

The Phase 2 expansion consists of two new sections of pipeline: a 52-kilometer section running from Mamonal to Paiva, and an 83-kilometer section running from Paiva to Caracolí.

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Phase 1 & Phase 2 Expansion Project Details

• Owner: Promigas
• Parent company: Promigas
• Capacity
  • Phase 1 Expansion (Jobo-Majaguas pipeline): 100 MMcfd
  • Phase 2 Expansion (Mamonal-Paiva and Paiva-Caracolí pipelines): 100 MMcfd
• Length:
  • Phase 1 Expansion: 85 km
  • Phase 2 Expansion: 135 km
• Diameter:
  • Phase 1 Expansion: 20 inches
  • Phase 2 Expansion: 20 and 24 inches
• Status:
  • Phase 1 Expansion: Operating
  • Phase 2 Expansion: Operating
• Start Year:
  • Phase 1 Expansion: 2019
  • Phase 2 Expansion: 2020