Chile has signed an agreement to export natural gas to Argentina for the next three years, which will allow a maximum of 3 million cubic meters of gas to be sent daily during the southern winter, state oil company ENAP said in a statement on Wednesday (27.6.2018). release.
The framework contract, which replicates other similar agreements in recent years, was signed between ENAP and the Argentine state-owned company IEASA. In addition to the Chilean oil company, the energy groups Enel Chile and CGE will also participate in the supply.
"The beginning of a Third consecutive shipment of natural gas to Argentina represents a major step towards energy integration between both countries," said Marcelo Tokman, general manager of ENAP.
Natural gas shipments They would be carried out through the Electrogas and GasAndes gas pipelines.The latter links the Chilean capital with the Argentine province of Mendoza via a 450-kilometre pipeline that crosses the Andes mountain range.
Chile, which has almost no gas reserves, has had to invest millions in recent years to build ports and storage facilities to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the north and center of the country.
The new contract was signed after both countries signed an agreement on energy integration that will allow free trade, import, export and transport of natural gas and electricity in the short term.
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