transportadora de gas del sur type joint stock company traded as nyse tgs bcba tgsu merval component industry natural gas extraction founded december 28 1992 headquarters buenos aires argentina key people joao ferreira bezerra de souza chairman of the board mariano pablo gonzalez vice chairman of the board gonzalo castro olivera chief financial and administrative officer products natural gas lng revenue ars 1 309.50 m 2007 us 413.26 m 1 net income ars 347.40 m 2007 us 109.63 m owner . compan a de inversiones de energ a s.a. 55.3 % d.e. shaw 15.2 % nyse & argentinian stock exchange 29.5 % number of employees 644 as of 2007 website www.tgs.com.ar transportadora de gas del sur gas transporter of the south is the largest natural gas extractor in argentina . the company was established in 1992 after the privatization of gas del estado the state owned company that maintained the pipelines . it is the most important gas supplier in argentina operating the biggest pipeline system of the country and of latin america . through its three main pipelines the neuba i neuba ii and san mart n the company transports 60 % of the total natural gas consumed in argentina and supplies distributors electric generators and industries . contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 general cerri complex 3 pipelines 4 references 4.1 bibliography 5 external links history edit transportadora de gas del sur was established on december 28 1992 after the privatization of the argentinian energy sector it was part of gas del estado a government regulated company divided later on transportadora de gas del sur and transportadora de gas del norte . 2 3 operations edit is the most important gas supplier in argentina operating the biggest pipeline system of the country and of latin america transporting the 60 % of the total natural gas consumed and supplies directly to distributors electric generators and industries . 4 the maximum capacity is of 74.265.500 m3 a day with an extension of 7.972 km of pipeline transport and a maximum potency of 579.090 hp 431.827 kw . tgs also distributes liquefied natural gas lng operating in the general cerri complex in buenos aires province . telcosur s.a. another business company owned by tgs is dominating the telecommunications market in rural areas providing industries and facilities . 5 general cerri complex edit located in buenos aires province the general cerri complex is dedicated to the recovery of ethane propane butane natural gasoline and ngl . all the products recovered are dispatched to galv n harbor a nearby facility where they are stored or loaded in trucks or ships for distribution . the general cerri complex produces 40 % of the company s income . pipelines edit tgs has three pipelines that produce 60 % of the company s income the neuba i runs from sierra barrosa to bah a blanca . originally built in 1970 it was expanded in 1996 . one of the main supply lines of the company the pipeline transports the gas supply from the basin in central neuqu n across rio negro la pampa and buenos aires provinces ending in the general cherri complex . the gas is later transported to the greater buenos aires area . 6 the neuba ii built in 1988 was expanded four times between 1996 and 2000 . the pipeline begins in cerros colorados complex in the neueuq n basin . it crosses neuqu n r o negro la pampa and buenos aires ending in ezeiza buenos aires just outside buenos aires . the pipeline is the main distribution for buenos aires and greater buenos aires as well . 6 the san martin is the largest of the three that provide natural gas to the tierra del fuego province chubut province rio negro neuqu n and buenos aires provinces . location details 6 name length pipe dimensions max . power compressor stations max potence neuba i 1 971 km 1 224 miles 1 970 km 24 30 inches 60 kg cm2 8 68 310 hp neuba ii 2 201 km 1 367 miles 2 200 km 30 36 inches 70 kg cm2 6 145 980 hp san martin 3 756 km 2 333 miles 3 755 km 30 inches 60 kg cm2 16 364 800 hp references edit revenue net income and number of employees according to google finance beato paulina ; benavides juan ; p. 20 u.s. international trade commission ; p. 3 2 plunkett jack ; tgs history technical details pipeline information and products according to www.tgs.com.ar a b c property plant and equipment . transportadora de gas del sur . retrieved november 8 2011 . bibliography edit beato paulina ; benavides juan 2004 . gas market integration in the southern cone . inter american development bank . isbn 978 1 931003 90 2 . plunkett jack 2007 . plunkett s energy industry almanac 2008 . plunkett research ltd. isbn 978 1 59392 442 3 . u.s. international trade commission . natural gas services recent reforms in selected markets inv . 332 426 . diane publishing . isbn 978 1 4578 2245 2 . external links edit tgs official site tgs at google finance tgs at new york times business news . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title transportadora de gas del sur & oldid 744145757 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies established in 1992oil and gas companies of argentinanatural gas pipeline companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 11 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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