Chasco Bay-Vallenar Gas Pipeline

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Chasco Bay-Vallenar Gas Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline in Chile.

Location

The pipeline runs from Chasco Bay in Copiapó, Atamaca to Vallenar, Atamaca.

Project Details

• Operator:
• Parent Company: Shell, Wartsila, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
• Current capacity:
• Proposed capacity: 10 million cubic meters per day (353.15 million cubic feet per day)
• Length: 57 miles / 92 km
• Status: Proposed
• Start Year:

Background

The pipeline was proposed in September 2016 as part of the Andes LNG project in Copiapó, Atamaca. The project will include a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) that will visit Chasco Bay every fifteen days, a terminal, a 2-km submarine pipeline, and another 90-km of pipeline to Vallenar. In June 2019 the project was approved by a vote of 12-0 by the Chilean Environmental Assessment Service.

Opposition

The project is opposed by the mayor of Copiapó, Marcos Lopez, and numerous residents on the grounds that it would damage the bay ecologically and reduce tourism.