2023-05-22 14:57:14
International Gas Transportation (TGI) notified from 00:000 hours on Saturday May 20 the closure of the pipeline gas pipeline between Mariquita and Calibefore a heating of a section of pipe.
The situation has gas users in expectation in Caldas, Tolima, Risaralda, Quindío, Valle del Cauca and Cauca.
On the followingnoon of Sunday May 21, gases from the west reported that from 5:00 this followingnoon the restrictions began, gradually, for all users in the Valley and north of Cauca.
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The Ministry of Mines and Energy reported that the Maintenance and Intervention Committee (Comi) of the National Natural Gas Operation Council (CNO Gas) met, in which other entities of the national Government, companies that provide, transport, market and distribute country’s natural gas.
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The meeting defined the action plan to mitigate the impact of the emergency that occurs in the sector of Cerro Bravo, municipality of Herveo, department of Tolima, where a thermal Anomaly, Under evaluation, it threatens the integrity of the gas pipeline in charge of Transportadora Internacional de Gas (TGI), which is why the passage of this energy source is suspended for the departments of Tolima, Caldas, Risaralda, Quindío, Nariño, Cauca and Valle del Cauca.
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The International Gas Transporter implements
The laying of a flexible tubing line will begin, which is expected to be built in approximately nine days or the shortest time possible
The TGI will begin to implement “the laying of a flexible tubing line, which is expected to be built in approximately nine days or the shortest time possible.”
According to the statement, “the solution will allow for the gas transportation capacity required to meet the demand of residential, commercial, industrial, and vehicular users.”
Additionally, other natural gas transportation options are being evaluated as a complement to guarantee supply in the Coffee Region and the southwest of the country.
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Until now, the reason for the heating of the ground to temperatures close to 700 degrees Celsius has not been found, as reported by TGI last Friday.
“Specialists from the Colombian Geological Service (SGC) visited the area of the anomaly and its surroundings were able to confirm that high concentrations of methane gas (CH4) are present only at that point, higher than what this gas usually has in volcanic areas,” he says. the notice.
El SGC “rules out that the anomaly is related to the activity of the volcano (Cerro Bravo), which is in the green level (active, but at rest), and urged entities involved (environmental and risk) to join efforts to determine the origin of This process“.
The report specifies that “the characteristics of methane (CH4), reported by the SGC, do not correspond to the properties of the gas transported by TGI either.”
Marketers and service providers reiterate to users that during this restriction, keep the valves of the measurement center, the internal network and gas appliances closed,
As a preventive measure, “the marketing companies and service providers reiterate to users that during this restriction, keep the valves of the measurement center, the internal network and gas appliances closed. For users who still have natural gas services, it is recommends making rational use of it and implementing complementary energy alternatives”.
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For precise information, the official channels will be the Ministry of Mines, the National Risk Management Unit, TGI and the companies providing the service,
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