GasAndes Pipeline

GasAndes pipeline
Location
Country Argentina, Chile
General direction east-west
From La Mora, Mendoza Province
To San Bernardo on the outskirts of Santiago.
General information
Type natural gas
Partners NOVA Corporation, Gasco, Gener, Compañía General de Combustibles, Techint Compañía Ténica Internacional
Commissioned 1997
Technical information
Maximum discharge 3.3 billion cubic meter per year

The GasAndes Pipeline is a 463-kilometre (288 mi) long natural gas pipeline from La Mora, Mendoza in Argentina to San Bernardo on the outskirts of Santiago, Chile.

History

Construction of the GasAndes pipeline. A backfill separation machine is used in the rocky terrain to make padding for the pipe trench.

In 1991, Argentina and Chile concluded the Gas Interconnection Protocol. For the implementation of this protocol several pipeline projects were proposed. The GasAndes Pipeline project was proposed by the consortium of NOVA Corporation of Canada, Chilean companies Gasco and Gener, and Argentine companies Compañía General de Combustibles and Techint Compañía Ténica Internacional. The feasibility study of the pipeline was concluded in 1994. The pipeline was commissioned in 1997.[1]

Technical features

The diameter of the pipeline is 610 millimetres (24 in) and the annual capacity is 3.3 billion cubic meter. It is supplied mainly from the Neuquén gas fields. Total investments of the project was US$1.46 billion.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 David R. Mares (May 2004). "Natural Gas Pipelines in The Southern Cone" (PDF). CESP. Retrieved 2007-05-12.

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