The Yabog (Yacimientos-Bolivian Gulf) pipeline is a natural gas pipeline. It is long and connects Río Grande in
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra (; "Holy Cross of the Mountain Range"), commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia), Santa Cruz department.
Situated on the Pirai River (Bolivia), P ...
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Bolivia
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, with Campo Duran in
Salta Province
Salta () is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy. To the north it borders Boliv ...
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Argentina
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. The pipeline was commissioned in 1972.
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History
A contract concerning the Yabog pipeline between the Government of Bolivia and oil companies YPFB and Gulf Oil
Gulf Oil was a major global oil company in operation from 1901 to 1985. The eighth-largest American manufacturing company in 1941 and the ninth-largest in 1979, Gulf Oil was one of the so-called Seven Sisters oil companies. Prior to its merger ...
was signed in August 1968. Financing for the project was provided by the World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Interna ...
and US private firms. Construction began in 1970, and the pipeline began operating in 1972.[
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Technical features
The diameter of the pipeline is and the annual capacity is 2.19 billion cubic meters.[
] The Bolivian section is operated by Transredes, a subsidiary of YPFB
Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) is a Bolivian state-owned enterprise dedicated to the exploration, exploitation, refining, industrialization, distribution and commercialization of oil, natural gas and derived products. It ...
, and the Argentinian section is operated by Transportadora de Gas del Norte, a subsidiary of Gasinvest S.A.
See also
* Gasoducto del Noreste Argentino
* Cruz del Sur pipeline
* GasAndes Pipeline
* Paraná–Uruguaiana pipeline
* Natural gas in Bolivia
Natural gas in Bolivia is one of the nation's main energy sources and export products. Bolivia's proved natural gas reserves are estimated to be 10.7 (TCF) (31 December 2017 est.).. Most of these reserves are located in the eastern region of the c ...
References
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Energy infrastructure completed in 1972
Natural gas pipelines in Argentina
Natural gas pipelines in Bolivia
Argentina–Bolivia relations