2023-07-08 02:01:00
This Sunday, July 9, will be a key date at the political level and in what refers to the energy matrix. It will take place in Salliqueló, Buenos Aires, the inauguration of the President Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline, which will transport gas from Dead cow towards the center of the country. At the event, there will be a unity photo between the President of the Nation Alberto Fernandezthe vice president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and the Minister of Economy, Sergio Massain a year framed by the 2023 elections.
The governors of Neuquén, Omar Gutiérrez, from Río Negro, Arabella Carreras, from La Pampa, Sergio Ziliotto and from Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof. However, the act will be unfolded. There will be one in parallel and at the same time in Tratayén. Although no further details are known at the moment.
The Presidency reported that the act central will take place at 3:00 p.m. at the Salliqueló Measurement Station of the gas pipeline, located on Provincial Route 85, km 285 (next to the Saturno compression plant), where it connects with the main network. The national deputy Máximo Kirchner will be present, among other national and provincial officials, company representatives and trade union leaders.
The work of the President Néstor Kirchner Gas Pipeline
On June 20, the works were completed and the EMED Tratayén plant, in Neuquén, and the first 29 kilometers were enabled, while on successive days new sections were put into operation until reaching km 285 of the route. He Saturday, July 8, the valve at km 285 will be opened, which will enable up to km 570, so that the gas can flow to Salliqueló and continue like this until reaching the total filling of the 573 kilometers of the gas pipeline.
«The partial and progressive authorization, a common procedure in this type of operation, has the objective of guaranteeing the homogeneous filling of the pipeline with natural gas, completely displacing the air and involves phases of sweeping and pressurization of the pipes. In addition, it allows test the operation of the measurement and regulation systems of the plants“They reported from the national government.
When did the work on the President Néstor Kirchner Gas Pipeline begin?
The construction of the President Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline began after the signing of contracts in August 2022, when the ground movement work began, the transfer of equipment and the opening of the track, which is the “path” where the gas pipeline is placed.
From the Government they indicated that from the first welds in the trace, advanced with an average of 5 kilometers per day counting the three work fronts. This is how more than 47,700 pipes 12 meters long and 36 inches in diameter were laid, in the 573 kilometer extension of the GPNK between Tratayén and Salliqueló, crossing the provinces of Neuquén, Río Negro, La Pampa and Buenos Aires.
Regarding the work, they pointed out that it will increase the production of Vaca Muerta (the second unconventional gas reserve in the world), expand the capacity of transporting gas and making it reach consumption centers allowing an annual saving of 4,200 million dollars per year in substitution of fuel imports.
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