Work On Argentina-Bolivia Pipeline Moves Ahead

摘要

Argentina and Bolivia are building a cross-border pipeline to transport up to 27 MMcf/d of natural gas from a Bolivia to the northern Argentine provinceof Salta. The Argentine section will be 32-km-long, 30 inches in diameter and cost an estimated SUS49.7 million; the Bolivian section will be 18-km-long, 32 inches in diameter and cost SUS43 million. In July 2010, Energia Argentina Sociedad Anonima announced that Services Vertu had been awarded a contract for the Argentine section of the pipeline, which included environmental studies, engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of the pipeline and associated facilities. The purpose of the pipeline is to increase the flow of natural gas produced in Bolivia's San Alberto field that will be linked to the Argentine Northeast Pipeline (GNEA) to provide natural gas to several provinces in the neighboring country.