Buenaventura-Yumbo Gas Pipeline

This article is part of the Global Fossil Infrastructure Tracker, a project of Global Energy Monitor.

Sub-articles:

FrackSwarm portal Coal terminals Coal transport and infrastructure Oil and gas pipelines LNG terminals Pipeline construction costs Methodology and data notes

Buenaventura-Yumbo Gas Pipeline is a proposed gas pipeline running from the Port of Buenaventura, Colombia to Yumbo, Colombia.

Location

The pipeline would start at the Pacific LNG Terminal near Buenaventura, Colombia and run to Yumbo, in Valle del Cauca department, Colombia, where it would connect with the Mariquita-Cali branch of the TGI Pipeline Network.

Loading map...

{"type":"ROADMAP","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"400px","height":"300px","centre":{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":3.715,"lon":-76.76,"icon":""},"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","strokeColor":"#FF0000","strokeOpacity":"1","strokeWeight":"2","pos":[{"lat":3.90657,"lon":-77.075801},{"lat":3.92063765,"lon":-77.07086477},{"lat":3.9272733,"lon":-77.06844614},{"lat":3.92787654,"lon":-77.05332968},{"lat":3.93511536,"lon":-77.04063186},{"lat":3.9550218,"lon":-77.0327713},{"lat":3.93571859,"lon":-76.97049151},{"lat":3.87599647,"lon":-76.95416574},{"lat":3.87117026,"lon":-76.89067663},{"lat":3.86151775,"lon":-76.87979278},{"lat":3.8699637,"lon":-76.86588564},{"lat":3.84522888,"lon":-76.86528099},{"lat":3.85789803,"lon":-76.82295491},{"lat":3.79756709,"lon":-76.7957453},{"lat":3.78308704,"lon":-76.77034965},{"lat":3.73421508,"lon":-76.76188444},{"lat":3.73542183,"lon":-76.74495401},{"lat":3.75171276,"lon":-76.73286085},{"lat":3.73783532,"lon":-76.72741892},{"lat":3.74205891,"lon":-76.71411644},{"lat":3.74990267,"lon":-76.70867452},{"lat":3.72335427,"lon":-76.69537204},{"lat":3.71551027,"lon":-76.66513913},{"lat":3.61775617,"lon":-76.66151118},{"lat":3.59422119,"lon":-76.64337143},{"lat":3.60689394,"lon":-76.59197549},{"lat":3.56585771,"lon":-76.5369516},{"lat":3.56585771,"lon":-76.50974198},{"lat":3.54714941,"lon":-76.49220689},{"lat":3.545451,"lon":-76.490478}]}],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":9,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[]}

Project Details

• Owner: to be determined through government tender
• Parent company:
• Capacity: 400 million cubic feet per day (MMcfd)
• Length: 100 km
• Diameter:
• Status: Proposed
• Start Year: 2026
• Financing:

Background

Originally proposed in 2017, the Buenaventura-Yumbo gas pipeline is to be built in conjunction with the new Pacific LNG Terminal in the Bay of Buenaventura on Colombia's Pacific coast. The proposed LNG terminal would receive imported natural gas from Peru to meet a projected increase in gas consumption in coming years. The pipeline, with an estimated length between 75 and 110 kilometers and a capacity of 400 MMcfd, would connect the LNG import facility to Yumbo, Valle del Cauca in southwestern Colombia. The pipeline's anticipated cost is US$250 million, while the total project cost including the LNG terminal has been estimated at up to US$700 million.

In November 2018, the Colombian government announced its initial plan to launch a tender for the gas pipeline and LNG terminal project. In July 2020, after a series of delays, the government relaunched the tender process. Under the new tender timetable, potential investors were to place bids with Colombia's mining and energy planning agency (UPME) by February 2021, with a single bidder to be awarded a BOO contract for construction and operation of both the FSRU and the pipeline in March 2021. Plans called for both the pipeline and the LNG terminal to be operational between 2023 and mid-2024. Colombian pipeline operator TGI was reportedly contemplating a bid for the project as of 2020.

In October 2021, UPME announced that it had canceled its tender for Pacific LNG terminal and pipeline project due to lack of interest. Analysts have cited several potential reasons for the unsuccessful tender, including the project's complexity and high financial risk factor, seismic threats, changing economic conditions, and opposition from domestic gas producers and environmentalists. However, UPME did not rule out reviving the tender process at a future date.

In late 2022 the process was re-launched under new guidelines, including doubled terminal storage capacity (from 100,000 m³ to 200,000 m³), lower barriers to application, and clearer process details. As of September 2022, the Colombian government was set to receive economic offers in March 2023 and announce the final recipient of the contract by May 2023.

In late February 2023, faced with limited interest from investors, the Colombian government announced a new bidding deadline of June 8, 2023, and in May 2023 the deadline was pushed back to July 6, 2023. In June 2023, the deadline for submission of bids was postponed yet again, this time until August 10, 2023.

Opposition

Opponents of the Buenaventura-Yumbo pipeline project have objected to its completion on various grounds, including environmental concerns about bringing Qmax ships into the protected waters of Buenaventura Bay, logistical concerns about the Pacific LNG Terminal's proximity to military installations on Isla Naval, and economic concerns related to the high cost of imported natural gas.

Articles and resources

External articles

*add as many countries as the pipeline passes through