The investment of US$2,524 million made to build the Néstor Kirchner Gas Pipeline had an impact equivalent to 12.1% of the Gross Geographic Product (PBG) of the localities benefited by the initiative.
The investment of US$2,524 million made to build the Nestor Kirchner pipeline had an impact equivalent to 12.1% of the Gross Geographic Product (PBG) of the localities benefited by the initiative, according to a report prepared jointly by the state company Energía Argentina (Enarsa) and the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA).
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According to the document, the towns contemplated in the measurement are Añelo and Tratayen, in Neuquén; General Roca, in Río Negro; Puelén, Limay Mahuida, Uracó, Utracán and Atreucó, in La Pampa; and Adolfo Alsina, Guaminí, Tres Lomas, Salliqueló, Yrigoyen, Carlos Casares, Exaltación de la Cruz, Luján, San Andrés de Giles, Mercedes, Navarro and Zárate, in the province of Buenos Aires. The mentioned localities were named as “Area of influence of the project” of the gas pipeline. The work also had a great incidence for the national aggregate, especially in these four provinces.
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In numbers: how much the gas pipeline represents for the provinces
Indeed, the work represented 0.4% of Argentine GDP in 2022 and 1.2% of the combined Gross Geographic Product of Neuquén, Río Negro, La Pampa and Buenos Aires.
The Geographic Gross Product (GDP) is the equivalent to the GDP but applied only to the provinces, while the GDP is the aggregate measurement at the national level.
The President Néstor Kirchner Gas Pipeline (GPNK) will be inaugurated this afternoon by President Alberto Fernández, Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and the Minister of Economy and presidential candidate for Union for the Fatherland (UxP), Sergio Massa.
The activity is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. at the Salliqueló Measurement Station of the gas pipeline, on provincial route 85, kilometer 285 (next to the Saturno compression plant), where it connects to the main network, reported the company Energía Argentina (Enarsa). .
Source: Ambito
