Gasoducto del Pacifico

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Gasoducto del Pacifico, or Pacific Pipeline, is a natural gas pipeline running from the Loma la Lata gas field in Argentina to Talcahuano, Chile.[1][2][3]

Location

Starting from the Loma la Lata gas field in Neuquén province, Argentina, the pipeline runs via San José de Añelo, Argentina[1] and Pemuco, Chile[4] to Talcahuano, Bío Bío region, Chile.[5][6]

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Project Details

  • Operator: Gasoducto del Pacífico SA[4]
  • Owner: CGE (Compañia General de Electricidad SA), Enap, Trigas, YPF[7]
  • Parent company: Naturgy (formerly Gas Natural Fenosa) (60% in Chile, 56.7% in Argentina)[8][9], Enap, Trigas, YPF (% unknown)[7]
  • Capacity: 7.5 million m3 per day[7][10] (2.74 bcm/y)
  • Length: 670 km[4]
  • Diameter: 20 inches, 24 inches[11]
  • Status: Operating
  • Start Year: 1999[12]
  • Associated infrastructure:

Background

Opened in November 1999, the 670-kilometer Gasoducto del Pacifico runs through Argentina (299 km[1]) and Chile (just over 370 km[4]). The pipeline supplies natural gas to industrial and residential customers in Chile's Biobío region.[4]

In 2005 a section of the pipeline between Argentina and Chile was shut down as the two countries chose to use their respective sections to meet their domestic need for gas, but in 2018 the Chile-Argentina connection was reopened to transport gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta region.[7][13]

In August 2020, a ruling by Chile's Supreme Court paved the way for gas imported through the proposed Talcahuano FSRU to be transported via the Gasoducto del Pacífico network upon the terminal's anticipated completion in 2022.[14] However, in October 2021, the Environmental Court of Valdivia revoked the Talcahuano FSRU's environmental license, leaving that project in limbo.[15]

As of January 2022, gas exports to Chile via the Gasoducto del Pacífico were allowing Argentina to ramp up natural gas production at Vaca Muerta, even as Argentina's domestic pipelines such as the Centro Oeste Gas Pipeline were operating at full capacity and incapable of handling increased volumes.[16] In June 2022, the presidents of Chile and Argentina announced that gas exports to Chile via the Gasoducto del Pacífico would continue throughout the winter months (June through September 2022), albeit at a reduced level due to higher domestic natural gas demand in Argentina.[17]

Expansion Project Details

  • Operator: Gasoducto del Pacífico SA[4]
  • Owner: CGE (Compañia General de Electricidad SA), Enap, Trigas, YPF[7]
  • Parent company: Naturgy (formerly Gas Natural Fenosa) (60% in Chile, 56.7% in Argentina)[8][9], Enap, Trigas, YPF (% unknown)[7]
  • Capacity: 5 million m3 per day (1.83 bcm/y)[7][10]
  • Length: 0
  • Status: Operating[18]
  • Start Year: 2019[18]

Proposed Expansion Background

In May 2018 the Spanish gas company Fenosa announced that it would invest US$50 million to increase the pipeline's capacity by 5.0 million cubic meters per day, to a total of 12.5 million cubic meters per day.[7][19] According to news reports in May 2019, the expansion project was already nearing completion,[20] and in July 2019 the new compression station at San José de Añelo (Neuquén province) had reportedly begun operating.[18], although subsequent news reports implied that full commercial operation was still pending as of July 2023.[10]

Articles and resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sistema TGN y Gasoductos Vinculados" (PDF). TGN. Retrieved June 19, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Nuevas Energías para ENAP (p. 12)" (PDF). ENAP. July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Business Lines - ENAP". www.enap.cl. Retrieved 2021-07-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Gasoducto del Pacífico". Gasoducto del Pacífico. Retrieved 2022-08-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Argentina's Vaca Muerta Shale Gas Entering Chile Market". NGI Shale Daily. January 7, 2019.
  6. "(map, Figure 9) Disponibilidad de GNL y efecto en mercado spot". Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Escuela de Ingeniería. Retrieved 2020-08-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 "Gas Natural Fenosa reactiva el gasoducto entre Chile y Argentina". El Economista. May 14, 2018.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Consolidated Report 2022 (p 143)" (PDF). Naturgy. February 21, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. 9.0 9.1 "América - Naturgy - Conócenos - Argentina - Otras actividades en el país". Naturgy. Retrieved 2023-08-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Amplían la capacidad del Gasoducto del Pacífico". Más Energía (in español). July 6, 2023.
  11. "Un tercer gasoducto unirá a la Argentina con Chile". La Nación. January 22, 1998.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "Gasoducto del Pacífico S.A." BNamericas. Retrieved 2021-03-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "Gutiérrez habilitó el envío de gas a la VIII Región de Chile". Neuquén Informa. November 17, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "Corte Suprema de Chile obliga a Gasoducto del Pacífico a dar respuesta fundada a GNL Talcahuano para no aceptar conexión - GNL GLOBAL". GNL Global. August 10, 2020.
  15. "Tribunal Ambiental de Valdivia anula RCA de proyecto Terminal Marítimo GNL Talcahuano". Tercer Tribunal Ambiental de Chile. October 30, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. "Exportaciones argentinas de gas a Chile sostendrán la creciente producción de Vaca Muerta". AméricaEconomía. 2022-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. "Cómo fue el acuerdo para exportar gas en firme hacia Chile durante este invierno". EconoJournal. June 13, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 "TGN ya opera una planta que permitirá enviar más gas a Chile". Revista EIectricidad. July 9, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. Incrementan capacidad de Gasoducto del Pacífico, Electricidad, May 15, 2018
  20. "Gasoducto del Pacífico: más redes para llevar el gas de invierno". Revista Petroquimica, Petroleo, Gas, Quimica & Energia. May 2, 2019.

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