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Article: Uruguay: good prospects for natural gas fuel.
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- South American Business Information
- Article date:
- March 15, 2001
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Uruguay, Mar 11, 2001
For over a year natural gas is being used in Paysandu in Uruguay, and it will arrive to Montevideo, Colonia, San Jose and Canelones soon and to the rest of the districts in Uruguay in the next few years. The arrival of natural gas to Uruguay is caused not only by the Government's decision but also UTE's which will be affected by the competition of the two existing pipeline distributors of gas in the country: Gaseba in Montevideo and Conecta in the provinces. UTE will reduce its generation costs in the Batlle y Ordonez and La Tablada power stations which use fuel oil at the moment. UTE will buy natural gas to the concessionaries of the gas ...