Sierras Blancas-Allen Oil Pipeline
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[español] The Sierras Blancas-Allen Oil Pipeline is an operating oil pipeline in Argentina.
Location
The Sierras Blancas pipeline runs from Shell's Sierras Blancas oil and gas field in Neuquén province to the Allen pumping station in Río Negro province, Argentina.[1][2]
Project details
- Operator: Oleoductos del Valle SA[1][2]
- Owner: Shell (60%), Pan American Energy (25%), Pluspetrol (15%)[1]
- Parent company: Shell (60%), Pan American Energy (25%), Pluspetrol (15%)[1]
- Capacity: 125,000 barrels per day[1][3] (19,900 m3 per day[4])
- Length: 105 kilometers[2][4][3]
- Diameter: 16 inches[1][2][4]
- Status: Operating[1]
- Start year: 2022[1]
- Cost: US$85 million[3]
Background
The Sierras Blancas-Allen Oil Pipeline is designed to feed oil from Shell's Sierras Blancas oil and gas field into the Oldelval oil pipeline system for onward transport elsewhere in Argentina, including the export facilities and refineries of Buenos Aires province. The pipeline is operated by Oleoductos del Valle (Oldelval) and owned by a consortium made up of Shell (60%), Pan American Energy (25%) and Pluspetrol (15%).[1]
Construction of the 105-kilometer, 16-inch pipeline began in early 2022 and was completed in nine months. Commercial operations began at the end of 2022, and the pipeline was officially inaugurated in February 2023.[1]
The pipeline, which represents Shell's first midstream investment in Argentina after more than a century operating in the country, was designed to help alleviate existing oil transport bottlenecks and allow a ramp-up of production from Shell's oil fields in the Vaca Muerta formation in Neuquén province. As of February 2023, the pipeline had already allowed Shell to increase production at the Sierras Blancas field from 6,000-8,000 barrels per day in 2018 to 45,000 bpd.[1]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 "Inauguran oleoducto que aumentará la capacidad de transporte desde Vaca Muerta". Ámbito. February 12, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Oleoductos del Valle ('OldelVal') - Pampa Energia". Pampa Energia. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Sierras Blancas-Allen: inauguraron un oleoducto que permitirá dar salida al aumento de producción de Vaca Muerta". infobae (in español). 2023-02-14. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Estados financieros al 31 de diciembre de 2022 e información comparativa conjuntamente con el Informe de los Auditores Independientes y el Informe de la Comisión Fiscalizadora (pp 6, 41)" (PDF). Oleoductos del Valle S.A. March 7, 2023.
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