GasAndes Pipeline

The GasAndes Pipeline is a convert|463|km|mi long natural gas pipeline from La Mora, Mendoza in Argentina to San Bernardo on the outskirts of Santiago, Chile.

History

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.cite paper
publisher= CESP
author= David R. Mares
url= http://www.rice.edu/energy/publications/docs/GAS_LNGPipelines_SouthernCone.pdf
title = Natural Gas Pipelines in The Southern Cone
format = PDF
date = May 2004
accessdate=2007-05-12]

Technical features

The diameter of the pipeline is convert|610|mm|in and the annual capacity is 3.3 billion cubic meter. I is supplied mainly from the of the Neuquén gas fields. Total investments of the project was US$1.46 billion.

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