Paraná-Uruguaiana pipeline (also: ''Transportadora de Gas del Mercosur'') is a natural gas pipeline from
Aldea Brasilera,
Paraná in
Argentina
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to
Uruguaiana in
Brazil
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.
History
The pipeline was constructed by Techint. Construction started in August 1999 and the pipeline became operational in July 2000.
[
] It was inaugurated by presidents of Brazil and Argentina,
Fernando Henrique Cardoso and
Fernando de la Rúa on 18 August 2000 at
Paso de los Libres.
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]
Technical description
The pipeline length is , of which is laid in Brazil. It has diameter of and it has a capacity of 5.5 billion cubic meter of natural gas per year.
[ The pipeline cost US$250 million.
The pipeline supplies natural gas to a 600-MW power plant in Uruguaiana. There is a plan to extend the pipeline from Uruguaiana to ]Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, twelfth most populous city in the country ...
.[
]
Operator
The Argentine section is operated by Transportadora de Gas de Mercosur. This is a joint venture of Techint, Total S.A., Petronas
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (National Petroleum Limited), commonly known as Petronas, is a Malaysian oil and gas company. Established in 1974 and wholly owned by the Government of Malaysia, the corporation is vested with all oil and gas reso ...
, Compañia General de Combustibles, and CMS Energy. The Brazilian section is operated by Transportadora Sul Brasileira de Gas, a joint venture of Gaspetro (subsidiary of Petrobras
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., better known by the portmanteau Petrobras (), is a state owned enterprise, state-owned Brazilian multinational corporation in the petroleum industry headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The company's name transla ...
), Petroleo Ipiranga
Ipiranga is a Brazilian fuel company and is a subsidiary of Ultra. It is the second-largest Brazilian fuel distribution company, and the largest in the private sector.
The company has about 6,500 gas stations across the country and 1,400 conveni ...
, Repsol YPF
Repsol S.A.
El Nuevo Herald, 2012-05-31[Originally an init ...]
, and Techint.[
]
See also
* Cruz del Sur pipeline
Cruz del Sur pipeline is a natural gas pipeline linking Buenos Aires in Argentina with Colonia del Sacramento and Montevideo in Uruguay.
History
Construction of the pipeline started in March 2001. The pipeline was completed in November 2002 and ...
* GasAndes Pipeline
The GasAndes Pipeline is a 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 implementati ...
* GASENE
* GASBOL
* Yabog pipeline
The Yabog (Yacimientos-Bolivian Gulf) pipeline is a natural gas pipeline. It is long and connects Río Grande in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, with Campo Duran in Salta Province, Argentina. The pipeline was commissioned in 1972.
History
A co ...
References
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Energy infrastructure completed in 2000
Natural gas pipelines in Argentina
Natural gas pipelines in Brazil
Argentina–Brazil relations