Vaca Muerta Norte Oil Pipeline

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The Vaca Muerta Norte Oil Pipeline, known locally as Oleoducto Vaca Muerta Norte, is an oil pipeline in Argentina.

Location

The pipeline's route runs from La Amarga Chica Oil and Gas Field in the Vaca Muerta basin to a junction with the Trans-Andean Oil Pipeline at Puesto Hernández, in Neuquén province, Argentina.

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Project details

• Operator: YPF
• Owner: YPF
• Parent company: YPF
• Current capacity: 160,000 barrels per day
• Length: 150 kilometers
• Diameter: 24 inches
• Oil source: La Amarga Chica Oil and Gas Field, Bandurria Sur Oil and Gas Field, Loma Campana Oil and Gas Field, Neuquén basin, Argentina
• Status: Operating
• Start year: 2023
• Cost: US$250 million
• Associated infrastructure: Trans-Andean Oil Pipeline

Background

The Vaca Muerta Norte Oil Pipeline was designed to increase crude oil transport and export capacity from the Vaca Muerta oil fields in Argentina's Neuquén province. The pipeline, whose construction started in 2022 and was completed in 2023, transports oil from several fields in the La Amarga Chica area to YPF's pumping station at Puesto Hernández, where it can be used to supply the Lujan de Cuyo refinery and also be fed into the Trans-Andean Oil Pipeline for export to Chile.

The pipeline started operating in September/October 2023.