The filling of the Néstor Kirchner Gas Pipeline, which will be inaugurated on July 9, has begun. This was announced by energy authorities, who established a schedule for the commissioning and start-up of the first 573-kilometer section, which runs from the town of Tratayén in Neuquén province to Salliqueló in Buenos Aires province. According to Roberto Carnicer, director of the Energy Institute of the Universidad Austral“The project that was inaugurated is essential to supply the domestic market with natural gas, which will represent a one-fifth reduction in energy imports. It is the first link in the infrastructure needed to solve the supply logistics and deliver gas from Vaca Muerta to the centers of greatest demand in Argentina.”