Juana Azurduy Gas Pipeline
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The Juana Azurduy gas pipeline, also known as GIJA, is an operating natural gas pipeline in Bolivia and Argentina.[1]
Location
Starting from a connection point with the Yabog gas pipeline in Campo Grande (near Yacuiba, Tarija department, Bolivia) the Juana Azurduy (GIJA) pipeline runs 15 km east on the Bolivian side of the border to the Madrejones gas field. At Madrejones it crosses south into Argentina and continues 37 km to the Refinor refinery in Campo Durán, where it connects with Argentina's Gasoducto Norte[2] and Gasoducto del Noreste Argentino.[3][4][5] In Yacuiba, the GIJA pipeline also connects with Bolivia's GASYRG pipeline.[6]
Project Details
- Operator: YPFB; Enarsa[7]
- Parent company: YPFB; Enarsa[7]
- Current capacity: 27 million cubic meters per day[1]
- Length: 52 kilometers / 32.31 miles[3]
- Diameter: 32 inches[2]
- Status: Operating[8]
- Start Year: 2011[1][2]
- Associated infrastructure:
Background
The Bolivian section is operated by YPFB and the Argentine section is operated by Enarsa.[7]
Gas Exports from Argentina to Brazil via Bolivia
The Juana Azurduy pipeline has traditionally served as a key component in a larger network designed to export Bolivian gas to Argentina. However, as of 2023, with the impending completion of Argentina's Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline, there was speculation that the pipeline's direction could be reversed to allow exports of gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta formation to Brazil via Bolivia.[9] The preliminary agreement to export gas from Argentina to Brazil via Bolivia involves the Juana Azurduy pipeline, as well as the Yacuiba - Río Grande (GASYRG) gas pipeline, which would then transport the gas to the GASBOL gas pipeline and the Cuiabá gas pipeline.[10]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Argentina, Bolivia inaugurate gas pipeline". Trinidad & Tobago Guardian. July 13, 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Form 20-F: YPF Sociedad Anónima (p 53)". US Securities & Exchange Commission. December 31, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Interconexiones Gasistas Internacionales en Bolivia: Gasoductos de Exportación". ARIAE. April 24, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Sistema de Transporte y Distribución de Gas Natural de la Provincia de Salta" (PDF). Enargas.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Mapa de Campos Gasiferos de Bolivia" (PDF). ANH (Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos). Retrieved June 24, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Interconexión GASYRG-GIJA garantizará gas a Gran Chaco". Reporte Energía. April 20, 2015.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Argentina's Enarsa calls for Juana Azurduy pipeline maintenance bids, BN Americas, May 12, 2014
- ↑ "Gasoducto Juana Azurduy: el próximo paso para que Vaca Muerta llegue a Brasil". Lmnenergia.com (in español). Retrieved 2025-08-28.
- ↑ "El Gobierno acelera la reversión del gasoducto troncal para abastecer al norte del país". El Litoral. April 2, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "YPFB, TotalEnergies y Grupo Matrix Energia viabilizan exportación de gas de Argentino a Brasil por Bolivia". Noticias El Periódico Tarija (in español). 2024-11-28. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
