Vicuñas Gas Pipeline
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Vicuñas Gas Pipeline is a proposed fossil gas pipeline in northern Argentina.
Location
The proposed pipeline would run from a junction with the NorAndino Gas Pipeline in Jujuy province to various mines in Jujuy, Salta and northern Catamarca provinces.[1]
Project Details
- Operator: Transportadora de Gas del Norte S.A. (TGN)[1][2]
- Owner: GasInvest SA (56%), Southern Cone Energy Holding Company Inc (24%), Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos SA (20%)[3][4][5]
- Parent Company: Tecpetrol SL (28%)[3][4][5], CGC-Compañía General de Combustibles (28%)[3][4][5][6], Southern Cone Energy Holding Company Inc (24%)[3][4], Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos SA (20%)[3][4]
- Capacity: 4 million cubic meters per day (1.46 bcm/y)[1]
- Length: 304 kilometers[7]
- Diameter: 12 inches, 16 inches[7]
- Status: Proposed
- Start Year: 2026[7][8]
- Associated infrastructure:
Background
The Vicuñas pipeline was proposed in 2023 by TGN, one of Argentina's largest pipeline operators, as a means to send gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta formation to lithium, copper and gold mining operations in the northwestern Argentine provinces of Jujuy, Salta and Catamarca.[1][5][9] Gas would be transported north from Vaca Muerta via the Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline (commissioned in July 2023) and the Gasoducto Norte, which was scheduled to have its direction of flow reversed to begin running from south to north in 2024.[9] Early plans called for the new 300-kilometer pipeline to be partially financed with funds from Chinese mining companies operating in Argentina.[10]
As of December 2023, TGN was engaged in preliminary administrative procedures, with intentions to sign fuel transport contracts, finalize the pipeline's route, purchase materials and begin mobilizing equipment in 2024.[7][8] The pipeline was to comprise 154 km of 16-inch pipe and 150 km of 12-inch pipe.[8] Construction was expected to take less than two years, with commercial operations beginning in 2026.[7][8]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "TGN creó una nueva empresa para llevar gas desde Vaca Muerta a los proyectos de litio en la Puna". EconoJournal. July 7, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Argentina's TGN creates new company". Latin Finance. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Shareholder's structure". TGN. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Reporte de Sustentabilidad 2022 (p 11)" (PDF). TGN. January 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "TGN crea nueva empresa para operar otro gasoducto en el norte". Yahoo Finance. June 30. 2023.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ "Condensed interim consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2023 (p 1)" (PDF). CGC (Compañía General de Combustibles S.A.). May 12, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "De Vaca Muerta al Triángulo del Litio: el gasoducto "Vicuñas" estará listo para 2026". Ámbito. 2023-12-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "TGN inicia en 2024 un gasoducto estratégico para los proyectos de litio en la Puna". Mejor Energía. 2023-12-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Presentan una obra clave para llevar el gas de Vaca Muerta a los proyectos mineros del NOA". Mejor Energía. March 7, 2023.
- ↑ "NOA: interés chino en el financiamiento del gasoducto minero Vicuña - Región Norte Grande". Región Norte Grande. June 6, 2023.
