Colpa-Warnes-Mineros Gas Pipeline

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Colpa-Warnes-Mineros Gas Pipeline, also known by its Spanish initials GCW and GCM, is an operating gas pipeline running within Bolivia in the Santa Cruz Department.[1]

Location

The pipeline has two segments, both of which start in Colpa, Bolivia and run to Warnes and Mineros, Bolivia.[1][2]

Project Details

Colpa-Warnes Gas Pipeline

  • Operator: YPFB Transporte S.A[3][4]
  • Owner: YPFB Transporte SA[5][4]
  • Parent company: Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB)[3]
  • Capacity: 115.3 MMcf/d[1]
  • Length: 16 km / 9.9 miles[1]
  • Diameter: 16 inches[1]
  • Status: Operating
  • Start Year: 2016[1]
  • Cost: estimated $12.5 million USD[1]
  • Financing: YPFB Transporte S.A.[1]

Colpa-Mineros Gas Pipeline

  • Operator: YPFB Transporte S.A[3][4]
  • Owner: YPFB Transporte SA[5][4]
  • Parent company: Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB)[3]
  • Capacity:
  • Length: 63.9 Km[4]
  • Diameter:
  • Status: Operating[2]
  • Start Year:

Background

The Colpa-Warnes Pipeline initiated full commercial operations in April 2016.[1] In October 2021, the pipeline began supplying natural gas to PILAT (Parque Industrial Latinoamericano), billed as the largest industrial park in South America.[6] Both segments are part of the larger Mercado Interno Norte gas pipeline network in Bolivia.[7]

Articles and resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Gasoducto Colpa-Warnes atenderá la creciente demanda del Norte Integrado". Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Experience". sig.upme.gov.co. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "¿Quiénes Somos? - YPFB Transporte". YPFB Transporte (in español). Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 ANH. "Sistema de Transporte por Gasoductos" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Ypfb Transporte S.A. Company Profile - Bolivia". EMIS. July 4, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Santa Cruz: Presidente inauguró red que suministra gas al Parque Industrial Latinoamericano". Viceministerio de Comunicación - Bolivia. October 3, 2021.
  7. YPFB. "YPFB cuenta con 9.290 km de ductos en toda Bolivia".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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