TGS Puerto Galván LNG Terminal

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TGS Puerto Galván LNG Terminal, also known as Planta de GNL Puerto Galván (TGS), is an LNG export terminal in Argentina with units that are proposed.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Stage 1	Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina	-38.784331, -62.299546 (approximate)
Stage 2	Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina	-38.784331, -62.299546 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the terminal:

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Project Details

Table 2: Infrastructure details

mtpa = million tonnes per year

Name	Facility type	Status	Capacity	Total terminal capacity	Offshore	Associated infrastructure
Stage 1	export	proposed	2.5 mtpa	5.4 mtpa	False	Vaca Muerta
Stage 2	export	proposed	2.9 mtpa	5.4 mtpa	False	Vaca Muerta

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Stage 1	export	–	–
Stage 2	export	–	–

Financing

No financing data available.

Table 4: Project timeline

FID = Final Investment Decision, used by some developers to indicate a project will move forward

Name	Facility type	Status	Proposal year	FID year	Construction year	Operating year	Inactive year
Stage 1	export	proposed	2018	–	–	–	–
Stage 2	export	proposed	2018	–	–	–	–

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Stage 1	export	proposed	TGS - Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA [100%]	Pampa Energia SA [25.5%]; other [25.0%]; Fondo de Garantía de Sustentabilidad - Anses [24.0%]; EMS Capital LP; Grupo Inversor Petroquímica SL	TGS - Transportadora de Gas del Sur
Stage 2	export	proposed	TGS - Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA [100%]	Pampa Energia SA [25.5%]; other [25.0%]; Fondo de Garantía de Sustentabilidad - Anses [24.0%]; EMS Capital LP; Grupo Inversor Petroquímica SL	TGS - Transportadora de Gas del Sur

Background

In July 2024, TGS (Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA) reconfirmed its interest in developing an LNG export terminal at Puerto Galván, in the city of Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires province, Argentina. The proposed terminal would include up to 4 export trains, each with a capacity of 4 MMm³/d (million cubic meters per day), for a total capacity of up to 16 MMm³/d., or between 4.0 and 5.3 mtpa (metric tonnes per annum).

TGS had previously been studying a similar LNG export project in Bahía Blanca as a joint venture with Excelerate Energy. However, as of June 2024, Excelerate appeared to be abandoning the Bahía Blanca location in favor of a stake in the new Argentina GNL terminal proposed by YPF and Petronas in Río Negro province. One month earlier, TGS had put its own plans for the Bahía Blanca terminal on standby while it studied the possibility of supporting the YPF-Petronas project instead — but the company's July 2024 announcement made it clear that the Puerto Galván liquefaction project was back on the table.

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