Argentina will export again gas to Chili through the Norandino Gasduct thirteen years after doing so for the last time, as reported this Tuesday by the Ministry of Energy of the South American country.
Through the pipeline, which crosses the northern provinces of Salta and Jujuy, Argentina will export up to 400,000 cubic meters of gas to its trans-Andean neighbor until next April. According to a statement from the Secretariat, this decision constitutes “a new step in improving Argentina’s energy balance.”
“This new milestone allows us to foresee that this is the path that the energy sector of our country’s gas pipeline network must take to strengthen the relationship with potential suppliers such as Chile, Bolivia or Brazil,” said the Secretary of Energy, Flavia Royón, in the statement released to the press.
The expansion and improvement of the Argentine gas pipeline network has been one of the main pillars of the country’s Ministry of Economy since Sergio Massa began to direct it in August 2022, who absorbed the former Ministries of Economy, Productive Development and Agriculture under his portfolio. , Livestock and Fishing.
In the geopolitical aspect, the new export agreement seeks “strengthen the bilateral relationship in energy matters” between Argentina and Chile.
Furthermore, the South American country will be able “channel” lGas export rights assigned to the Neuquén and Austral basins, in the south of the country.
This agreement joins other large-scale operations in this area such as the completion of the first section of the Néstor Kirchner Gasduct or the recent tender for the reversal of the Northern Gasduct.
Source: Gestion
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