GASBOL

The Bolivia-Brazil pipeline (GASBOL) is the longest natural gas pipeline in South America. The convert|3150|km|mi|-1 long pipeline connects Bolivia's gas sources with the south-east regions of Brazil.cite paper
publisher=
url= http://www.ctgas.com.br/conteudo/img_upload/Project_cloling_report_Narrative_Mar_20_05.pdf
title = Project Closing Report. Natural Gas Centre of Excellence Project. Narrative
format = PDF
date = 2005-03-20
accessdate=2007-05-12]

The pipeline was built in two stages. The first convert|1418|km|mi long stretch, with a diameter varying from convert|32|in|mm|-1 inches to convert|24|in|mm|-1, started operation in June 1999. It runs from Rio Grande to Puerto Soares-Corumbá in Mato Grosso do Sul, reaches Campinas in the state of São Paulo, and continues to Guararema, where it's connected with the Brazilian network. The second convert|1165|km|mi long stretch, with a diameter varying from convert|24|in|mm|-1 to convert|16|in|mm|-1, which links Campinas to Canoas, near Porto Alegre in Rio Grande do Sul, was completed in March 2000.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]

The maximum capacity of the pipeline is 11 billion cubic meter (bcm) of natural gas per annum. The total cost of the pipeline was US$2.15 billion, of which US$1.72 billion was spent on the Brazilian section and US$435 million on the Bolivian section.cite book
publisher= IEA
url= http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2000/southa_2003.pdf
title = South American Gas. Daring to Tap the Bounty.
format = PDF
isbn=92-64-19663-3
year = 2003
accessdate=2007-05-12]

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