The Neuquén town of Añelo had only 10,000 inhabitants until the Vaca Muerta deposits were installed in the city and to date the number of inhabitants has almost doubled.
Despite this growth, to date the residents of Añelo do not have natural gas in their homes, which is somewhat incomprehensible considering that the second largest gas reservoir in the world operates in that same city.
This Monday, the governor of Neuquén, Rolo Figueroa, was together with the mayor of Añelo, Fernando Banderet, in the works that began to expand the network and deliver gas to 400 neighbors, while at the moment the arrival of the molecules It’s only enough for 50.
The president indicated that production will be doubled eightfold from this work, and will be in charge of the state company Hidrocarburos del Neuquén SA (Hidenesa), and expressed that Añelo is one of the plants in the world and “it does not have so many services is a great debt that we have.
Finally, Banderet thanked Figueroa for his willingness to change the lives of the local residents, and highlighted the importance of being able to expand gas connections and also the inauguration of the fifth stage of the sewer work.
