Growing Brazilian demand to spur gas network in South America

Journal Article · Mon Jan 18 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:6884090

Deffarges, E H ^[1]; Maurer, L I.A. ^[2]

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1. Booz Allen and Hamilton, San Francisco, CA (United States)
2. Booz Allen and Hamilton, Sao Paulo (Brazil)

A recent combination in South America of economic and geopolitical factors is prompting development of a new integrated gas-pipeline network in the continent's Southern Cone. The crucial factors include privatization, regional integration, economic growth, and environmental concerns. The area, Latin America's largest regional entity, includes Brazil (population 150 million and a 1990 GNP of about $375 billion, 9th largest in the world), Argentina (population 32 million and the third largest Latin American economy after Brazil and Mexico), Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay are members of the MercoSur economic bloc whose objective is to develop free trade in the region. There are very few integrated pipeline networks in the world. Besides the giant North American system, with hundreds of producers and pipelines, there is only one other large integrated network. It connects continental European countries to their outside suppliers such as Norway, the C.I.S., and Algeria. The emergence of a new pipeline system is therefore important for the natural-gas industry worldwide and even more so if it occurs in a region now growing rapidly after a decade of economic difficulties.

• OSTI ID: 6884090
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 91:3; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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