Opportunities for the Development of Gas in Latin America and the Caribbean 02

Brazil’s integration into the Southern Cone natural gas market will heavily depend on the costs of the new infrastructure required to enable deeper regional integration. In this regard, four routes are being studied for importing Argentine Gas to the Brazilian market: via Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Uruguaiana. Although the first GTB assessment report did not identify a preferred route for integration, the Brazilian government has signalled a preference for developing the Uruguaiana corridor, leveraging the existing cross-border infrastructure between the two countries.