Total Austral's new Aguada Pichana gas plant lies in Neuquen in the Andes foothills (Fig. 1).
Total Austral S.A., Buenos Aires, earlier this year started up its Aguada Pichana gas-processing plant near Neuquen in Neuquen Province (Fig. 1).
The 280-MMscfd plant was built and installed in a turnkey contract by Canada's Propak Systems Ltd., Airdrie, Alta., within 101/2 months specified in March 1995 by the $77 million contract. The plant represents 10% of Argentina's total gas production.
Using modular equipment fabrication, Propak installed gathering facilities close to the wells, the central processing plant, and pipeline metering systems at the point of tie-in to a natural gas trunkline.
The central plant includes compressors, dehydration, and more than 6,000 b/d of NGL extraction and export. Utility and support systems include a 10-mw electrical power generation station, fire fighting, sophisticated distributed control and data acquisition systems, liquid storage, telecommunication systems, and operating and maintenance buildings.
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