2023-08-31 13:31:35
Various posts circulate on social networks, such as Instagram and X, which refer to the operation of the President Néstor Kirchner Gas Pipeline (GPNK), inaugurated on July 9 in an act in which President Alberto Fernández, Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and the Minister of Economy of the Nation and presidential candidate Sergio Massa (Union for the Homeland).
“40 days following the inauguration of the Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline and it still does not transport a fart of gas, cheers” (sic), One of the viral publications stands out, which began to circulate on August 20, 40 days following the opening ceremony.
However, the claim is false. The gas pipeline is operational and has been transporting gas since the first days of August.
The publications registered more than 2,000 retweets and 5,400 likes on X and more than 6,500 likes on Instagram.
The inauguration of the gas pipeline
On July 9, the main figures of the ruling party participated in an act in the town of Salliqueló (Buenos Aires Province) in which they inaugurated the first section of the GPNK, an infrastructure work of more than 500 kilometers whose objective is to improve the gas transportation capacity produced in the Vaca Muerta field, located in the south of the country.
The GPNK links the Neuquén town of Tratayén (located on Vaca Muerta) with Salliqueló, from where the gas is distributed to other points in the center of the country. Officials and energy specialists estimate that this work will allow to expand by 25% the capacity of the natural gas transportation system and will help develop production in the basin.
The gas pipeline filling process has been completed and it is now operational
On June 20, 20 days before the inauguration ceremony, the gas pipeline filling and pressurization process began, which consists of loading 25 million cubic meters of gas. This process, reported Energía Argentina SA, the public company that carried out the tender for the work, ended on August 1.
“The President Néstor Kirchner Gas Pipeline is now fully operational and able to transport 11 million m3/day of natural gas from Vaca Muerta, following completing its filling and pressurization process,” read a statement from the company from the 1st of August. checked -middle than next to AFP coordinates the Reverso alliance – consulted the company, from where confirmed that the pipeline is already transporting gas.
This is also backed by official data from the National Gas Regulatory Entity (Enargas), which shows that On August 5, gas began to be transferred from Salliqueló to the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) through the Neuba II gas pipeline.
The daily reports published by Enargas indicate, for example, that August 24th the GPNK transported 10.6 million cubic meters of gas; August 23 were 12.7 million and the August 22 they were 10.6 million.
“For 2 weeks it has been delivering an average of 10 million cubic meters per day,” specialist Emilio Apud, an industrial engineer and former Secretary of Energy of the Nation, confirmed to this outlet. “It is a quarter of the final capacity of this pipeline,” he added.
The company in charge of the operation and maintenance of the Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline is Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS). From this company they also confirmed checked the pipeline is in operation.
For his part, Gustavo Gallino, general director of the Southern Area of Techint Ingeniería, one of the companies in charge of the construction of the gas pipeline, said in an interview in the Diario de Río Negro -an allied media outlet Reverse– that “the gas pipeline is already working, delivering gas”, and added: “Today they are working on things that do not make the gas pipeline work, such as the recomposition -of the flora in the work zone- which is practically finished. And some other things like putting up fences or sidewalks”.
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Author: Manuel Tarricone
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