State-owned Energia Argentina has launched an engineering, procurement, and construction tender for the 563-km (350-mile) Nestor Kirchner natural gas pipeline.
The 24-million cu m/day (847-MMcfd) pipeline would move gas from Vaca Muerta shale in Neuquen province to Salliquelo, Argentina, west of Buenos Aires.
Bids for Stage 1 of the project, which the Argentine government says would increase transport capacity from Vaca Muerta by 25%, are due July 8, 2022.
State-owned Integracion Energetica Argentina SA earlier this year tendered for pipe to build Stage 1 (OGJ Online, Feb. 24, 2022).