Venezuela, Argentina sign joint natural gas enterprise accord

[Judi Lynn]

Venezuela, Argentina sign joint natural gas enterprise accord


www.chinaview.cn 2008-05-10 12:51:53

CARACAS, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The governments of Venezuela and Argentina have signed an accord to set up a joint natural gas liquefaction and transportation enterprise in Guiria, a city in Venezuela's eastern state of Sucre, Venezuela's state oil enterprise PDVSA said Friday.

The accord was signed by the heads of PDVSA and Argentina's state-run energy firm Enarsa during the First South American Energy Council, which concluded Thursday.

The enterprise aims to develop, build and operate a train with a freight volume of 4.7 million tons a year.

The enterprise will also be in charge of the construction and operation of a gas pipe from Block-2 of Deltana Platform to Guiria, to feed the train.

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