Yabog pipeline is a 441 kilometres (274 mi) long natural gas pipeline, which connects Río Grande in Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Santa Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia and the largest city in the country...

, Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

, with Campo Duran in Salta Province

Salta Province

Salta is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy...

, Argentina

Argentina

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. The pipeline was commissioned in 1972.

History

A contract concerning YABOG pipeline between the Government of Bolivia and oil companies YPFB and Gulf Oil

Gulf Oil

Gulf Oil was a major global oil company from the 1900s to the 1980s. The eighth-largest American manufacturing company in 1941 and the ninth-largest in 1979, Gulf Oil was one of the so-called Seven Sisters oil companies...

 was signed in August 1968. Financing for the project was provided by the World Bank

World Bank

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 and US private firms. The construction began in 1970 and the pipeline began operating in 1972.

Technical features

The diameter of the pipeline is 24 inches (609.6 mm) and the annual capacity is 6.2 billion cubic meter. The Bolivian section is operated by Transredes, a subsidiary of YPFB

YPFB

Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos is the state-owned petrol company of Bolivia.-History:YPFB was created in 1936 as a state-owned and run petrol company. During the first presidency of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, capitalized oil companies were formed from YPFB properties under the...

, and the Argentinian section is operated by Transportadora de Gas del Norte, a subsidiary of Gasinvest S.A.

See also

• Gasoducto del Noreste Argentino
• Cruz del Sur pipeline
  Cruz del Sur pipeline
  Cruz del Sur pipeline is a natural gas pipeline linking Buenos Aires in Argentina with Colonia del Sacramento and Montevideo in Uruguay.-History:Construction of the pipeline started in March 2001...
  
  
• GasAndes Pipeline
  GasAndes Pipeline
  The GasAndes Pipeline is a long natural gas pipeline from La Mora, Mendoza in Argentina to San Bernardo on the outskirts of Santiago, Chile.-History:...
  
  
• Paraná–Uruguayana pipeline
• Natural gas in Bolivia
  Natural gas in Bolivia
  -Historical background:“Bolivia’s economic history reveals a pattern of a single-commodity focus”, diversification has only occasionally being the case, due to political and geographical problems. Currently, the situation is no different, and the commodity of the day is natural gas...