This Tuesday began the filling process of the Néstor Kirchner pipeline. said stage It will end on July 9. when the official inauguration of this first section of the pipeline. The Minister of Economy Sergio Massa referred to it.
He Economy Minister Sergio Massaalso referred to it through his official Twitter account. “They said it was a work of 24 months. And it was impossible to do it in 8. This work was planned in 2015. He stopped for years due to lack of strategic vision and lack of courage”public.
The engineering work of the gas pipeline completed within 10 months and its first section crosses four provinces: from the gas treatment plant in Tratayen, located in Vaca Muerta, passing through the provinces of Río Negro and La Pampa, to the town of Salliqueló in Buenos Aires.
The Minister of Economy also remarked that this initiative was equivalent to making the impossible possible and thanked the National Secretary of Energy, Flavia Royón, and her team, and Agustín Gerez and the team of the National Ministry of Energy. “When there is courage and decision, a work that changes the history of the Argentine energy and productive matrix can be done”he claimed.
Act of beginning of filling of the Néstor Kirchner Gas Pipeline
“Today we may be inaugurating this historic milestone that definitively leads us towards what we longed for back in 2012, which is energy sovereignty”said the president of the state company Energía Argentina (exEnarsa), Augustine Gerezthis morning in dialogue with Radio 10.
In this context, he thanked the deputy of the Frente de Todos (FdT), maximum kirchner, for “sanctioning the solidarity contribution that was key to financing this project”; to the vice president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who “made the political decision to carry it out”; and the Minister of Economy, Sergio Massafor having been “fundamental and key to coordinating all areas of the State”.
The head of Argentine Energy emphasized the benefits that the gas pipeline will not only bring macroeconomics but also microeconomics. “Us We import US$8,500 million annually between liquid fuels and gas. For the industries in our country, prices range between $4 and $10 per million BTU, which is the import price,” he explained.
After which, Gerez indicated that, when industries and homes can be supplied with locally produced gashe will be able to do it “at a more competitive price”.
Source: Ambito
