After the decrease in gas supply, this strategic infrastructure that will supply seven provinces will be completed.
Finally, the works will be resumed in the reversal of the North Gasductwhich will allow the connection between the Neuquén Basinwhere the unconventional gas production of Dead cow, and seven provinces in central and northern Argentina. The objective will be to replace the provision that It was imported from Bolivia.
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Santiago del Estero, Tucumán, Catamarca, Salta, Jujuy, La Rioja and Córdoba These are the districts involved that will be connected to the gas pipeline for home supply and electricity generation in thermal power plants. The financial contribution of Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (known as CAFby its previous name, Andean Development Corporation) was US$540 million.
So far, the reversal of Northern Gas Pipeline It is the only national public work tendered by the government of Javier Milei. Its possibility of materialization was due to the disbursement of funds from the international financial organization, which prioritizes development of infrastructure for the energy sustenance of the region. It is expected that the works will be completed in September, within the framework of the Bolivia’s declining gas supplywhich is going through an unprecedented situation of lack of fuel supply in its own country.
Works on the North Gasduct
Under the supervision of the state company ENARSAthe works were commissioned by the Transitional Union of Companies (UTE)a company made up of Techint and Sacde who won the tender for the reversal of the Northern Gas Pipeline with the background of having completed the President Néstor Kirchner Gas Pipeline.
The last stage of work completed this month ended in the Córdoba town of Arroyo Cabral. To achieve this, the UTE had an automatic welding system that made it possible to reduce execution times and complete the work in record time, in line with the planned contractual deadlines. In total, 4,059 welds were made in 41 days, which is equivalent to an average progress of 3 kilometers per day.
This final works process involves a total expenditure of US$720 million (so the CAF loan covers 66%) and involves the development of 22 kilometers of gas pipeline, plus 62 kilometers of loops to the Northern Gas Pipeline at the height of Ferreyra and the city of Córdoba and the change of direction of 4 compressor plants. The last payment from the national government to the UTE was made in May for a total of $14 billioncovered with credits from commercial banks.
