YPF It was proposed to end the main paradox of Dead cow: will build a pipeline so that gas reaches the town of Añelo through the networkhead of the Neuquén formation with 108 years of history, where about 12,000 people reside, but where up to 30,000 pass through per day.
According to the company, it will be a 14-kilometer gas pipeline betweenTrayén and the Añelo plateau to enable gas supply to the residential neighborhoods and industries located in the north of the city. “The work will allow the service to reach hundreds of families safely, expanding the infrastructure to make the development of Dead cow“, he indicated YPF In a statement sent to Energy Report.
The announcement was made by the vice president of Infrastructure of YPF, Gustavo Gallino, during a meeting of the Vaca Muerta Infrastructure Tablein which the governor of Neuquén participated, Rolando Figueroa and other operators in the sector.
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Gas through the network for Añelo. The vice president of Infrastructure of YPF, Gustavo Gallino, with the governor of Neuquén, Rolando Figueroa.
“I come to ratify a commitment from our president and CEO, Horacio Marín, to carry out this work that will not only allow gas to be brought to the inhabitants of Añelo, but will also generate the conditions for the installation of companies and create new opportunities”Gallino pointed out.
“This is a bet on the future, thinking about an Argentina that needs to develop its resources to become an energy power,” the manager noted.
Governor Figueroa assured that “We applaud this step that YPF takes in working for social sustainability, we appreciate it and we point it out as a success.”
For his part, the mayor of Añelo, Fernando Banderetmaintained that “this is a very necessary and long-awaited work for Añelo, which will allow hundreds of families to access gas.” “We appreciate YPF’s commitment to starting this fundamental infrastructure for our development”he concluded.
What will the project to bring gas from Vaca Muerta to Añelo be like?
YPF clarified that the executive project of the work is still being prepared, but stressed that it will contemplate a 6-inch gas pipeline that will connect the productive area of Dead cow, in the Loma Campana deposit, with the plateau of the town of Añelo.
This pipeline will have the capacity to supply not only the home consumption of the area along with the potential urban growth, but will also allow the establishment of shops or companies that use the gas as raw material, boosting the economy of the area.
In this framework, they clarified that the construction of the distribution network, the connections and gas supply will be the responsibility of the company or organization that takes over the distribution of the service.
“With this work, YPF promotes the development of the communities where its operation is present, in search of an improvement in the quality of life and opportunities of its inhabitants,” they noted from the state-owned oil company.
