The Reversal of the Pipeline North is projected to replace the gas imported from Bolivia with gas from the formation Vaca Muerta in Neuquén, and so to supply power to homes and industries of Córdoba, Salta, Jujuy, Santiago del Estero, Catamarca, La Rioja and Tucumán with domestic gas. Currently, the pipeline is 36 inches The Charlotte – Tio Pujio (122.8 km) and the loop between Tio Pujio and Ferreira are close to being concluded.
The working teams discussed an important milestone, and critical to the achievement of the project as it is the crossing of the River Third party. In the past few days, managed to cross the river by placing a column of 650 metres in length.
For this to be possible, since the start of the current management, Energy Argentina S. A is focused to solve the general situation of the supply of gas to the North of the country who was with the project even without logging and with the impending end of the contract for the supply of Bolivia to July 31, 2024. The work is centralized in relicitar the work that the previous administration had left without award and whose statement “desert” was the only possible alternative, by errors in the bidding process. Once awarded the work, he worked hard with the aim of meeting deadlines and times of contractual established. To do this, the company made a permanent monitoring of the situation and of the compliance of the contractors in a timely manner, seeking to mitigate the situations that normally occur in this type of work.
So, in record time and in a continuous manner, Energy Argentina S. A is moving forward with the process of the construction of the Pipeline Reversal of the North with the financing of the CAF -Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, and provides for the reversion of 4 compressor plants to transport, from march 2025, a total of 19 MMm3/day of gas from the south of our country to the northern provinces.
