The company Argentine Energy made this Monday the call to Public Tendera for the elaboration of the extended basic engineering of the second stage of the President Néstor Kirchne gas pipeliner, whose trace will extend from Salliqueló, in the province of Buenos Aires, to San Jerónimo, in Santa Fe.
Jobs will have a term of 120 calendar days and in addition to the basic engineering, they include the cadastral survey and the preparation of the planimetry of the gas pipeline, explained the state company that has already carried out and awarded the tender for the first stage of the pipeline from Treatyén, in Neuquén.
The new tasks are completed with plans of special crossings, location of blocking valves, list of materials and descriptive memory, among other aspects of the project.
“We are proud to keep moving forward with this project that will mark the course of our country in the next 25 years, and places it on the path towards energy sovereignty”, he pointed out. Agustin Gerezpresident of Energía Argentina and highlighted that “with the publication of this tender, carried out within the terms required by the Minister of Economy, Serge Massawe start the second stage of the Presidente Néstor Kirchner Gas Pipeline”.
On August 10, the contracts were signed to carry out the civil works of the first stage of the President Néstor Kirchner Gas Pipeline, which connects the Neuquén town of Treatyén with Salliquelócrossing the provinces of Río Negro and La Pampa, in addition to complementary works such as the Mercedes-Cardales gas pipeline.
With the second stage, whose basic engineering is being tendered, it will be possible to expand system capacity by 25 percent national transport system for trunk gas pipelines, adding value to the Vaca Muerta reserves.
The gas pipeline in its first stage, already tendered, will increase the transport capacity by 24 million cubic meters (m3) of gas per day to replace fuel imports and will extend along 558 kilometers with an estimated investment of US$ 1,500. millions.
