San Martin Pipeline
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' San Martín Pipeline is a gas pipeline in Argentina. It has also been referred to as the Austral Pipeline and the First Transmagallánico Gas Pipeline.
Location
The pipeline runs from Gutierrez, Buenos Aires, Argentina to San Sebastián, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
Compressor stations along the pipeline's route are at Buchanan, El Chourrón, Indio Rico, Bahía Blanca, Río Colorado, General Conesa, San Antonio Oeste, Bajo del Gualicho, Dolavón, Garayalde, Manantiales Behr, Pico Truncado, Bosque Petrificado, Río Seco, San Julián, Comandante Piedrabuena, Moy Aike, Magallanes, and Cañadón Piedras.[1]
Project Details
- Operator: TGS (Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA)[2][3]
- Owner: CIESA-Compañía de Inversiones de Energía SA (51%), FGS-ANSES-Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social (24%), NYSE-New York Stock Exchange (12%), BYMA-Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos SA (8%), Other (5%)[4][5]
- Parent Company: Pampa Energía SA (25.5%)[4][6][7][8], PEPCA SA (GIP-Grupo Inversor Petroquímica SL and PCT LLC) (25.5%)[4][6][9], Government of Argentina (24%)[4][5], NYSE-New York Stock Exchange (12%)[4], BYMA-Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos SA (8%)[4], Other (5%)[4]
- Capacity: 11.24 bcm/y (30.8 million cubic meters per day)[10]
- Length: 4590 km[3][11]
- Diameter: 30 inches[12][13]
- Status: Operating
- Start Year: 1965[12]
Background
The San Martín pipeline is one of three pipelines, along with the Neuba I and Neuba II Pipelines, that comprise Argentina's TGS pipeline network. The San Martín Pipeline is the largest of the three pipelines, extending for 4590 kilometers through the provinces of Tierra del Fuego, Chubut, Rio Negro, Neuquén, and Buenos Aires.[3][13] As of 2022, the pipeline reportedly had a transport capacity of 30.8 million cubic meters per day, much of which remained unutilized.[10]
TGS (Transportadora de Gas del Sur, or Gas Transporter of the South) was established on December 28, 1992 after the privatization of the Argentinian energy sector. it was part of Gas del Estado, a government regulated company divided later into Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS) and Transportadora de Gas del Norte (TGN).
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ "Sistemas de Transporte de Gas Natural de la República Argentina" (PDF). Enargas. July 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Our Businesses - Natural Gas Transportation". TGS. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "El Negocio - Transporte de Gas Natural - Sistema TGS". TGS. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "Estados Financieros 2022 (pp 6-7)" (PDF). TGS (Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A.). March 9, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 "La Compañía: Accionistas". TGS. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 "TGS announces results for the first quarter ended on March 31, 2023 (1Q2023) - Form 6-K". United States Securities & Exchange Commission. May 8, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Earnings Release Q1 22". Pampa Energía. May 11, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "TGS - Pampa Energia". Pampa Energia. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
- ↑ "Our Company: Shareholders". TGS. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Los desafíos que implica gestionar el despacho de gas durante el invierno con un sistema de transporte al límite de sus posibilidades". Econojournal. July 18, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Manual de Prevención de Daños" (PDF). TGS. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Historia del Petróleo en Argentina (p 32)" (PDF). Cámara Argentina de la Construcción. September 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Transportadora de Gas del Sur" Wikipedia, accessed August 2018
