Article synthesized from clarin.com (intended for subscribers) with the signature of journalist Santiago Spaltro, special envoy to Neuquén.
The construction SACDE completed a work of expansion of the Presidente Néstor Kirchner Gas Pipeline (GPNK) of Vaca Muerta to avoid a lack of gas in the country in the coming years.
It’s about the Tratayén Compressor Plantlocated in the heart of Vaca Muerta (Neuquén, at the beginning of the gas pipeline), which will expand the GPNK’s gas transportation capacity to Salliqueló by 5 million m3 per day (MMm3/d) (Buenos Aires), where other construction companies are carrying out the same operation.
The plant will be inaugurated in mid-July.
Later on, even, Southern Gas Transporter (TGS)a member company of holding company Pampa Energywill be able to expand the GPNK privately with the expansion of this compressor plant and the installation of three more on the route, in the province of La Pampa, to transport a maximum future flow of 40 million m3 of natural gas per day, the operational limit of the gas pipeline.
This investment, of at least US$ 500 million, must be authorized by the Government and awarded before November 1 to be completed before winter 2026, and will take advantage of the benefits of Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI) approved by Congress with the Bases Law.
