Cruz del Sur pipeline is a natural gas pipeline linking

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with Colonia del Sacramento and

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History

Construction of the pipeline started in March 2001. The pipeline was completed in November 2002 and it was inaugurated by the presidents of Uruguay and Argentina,

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and

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on 29 November 2002 in Montevideo.

Technical description

The pipeline is long and it has capacity of 1.8 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year. It cost US$150 millions. The offshore section between Punta Lara (Argentina) and Santa Ana (Uruguay) across of the River Plate, is long. It has a diameter of and a maximum pressure of . The Uruguayan section is long and has a maximum pressure of . The pipeline is supplied from the gas fields in the

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Operator

It operated by Gasoducto Cruz del Sur S.A. and owned by consortium of BG Group (40%), Pan American Energy (30%),

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(20%) and

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(10%).

Proposed expansion

There is a proposal to prolong the pipeline to southern

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. The spur line would start in Colonia, Uruguay, and end in

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, Brazil. would be laid in Uruguay and in Brazil. In Rio Grande do Sul, it would be linked with the GASBOL pipeline.

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