Gas transmission pipeline · Ballena gas fields to Maracaibo
Trans-Caribbean Gas Pipeline
Trans-Caribbean Gas Pipeline is a mothballed gas transmission pipeline crossing Venezuela, Colombia. The tracker lists 1 tracked segment, 224 km long and 5 bcm/y of capacity, starting up in 2007. It runs from Ballena gas fields to Maracaibo. It is owned by PDVSA.
Length
224 km
Capacity
5 bcm/y
3.7 Mtpa LNG equivalent
Segments tracked
1
Route
Trans-Caribbean Gas Pipeline runs from Ballena gas fields to Maracaibo. The map draws the tracked route and any LNG terminal within 25 km of it.
Loads about 250 kB of map code and the country outline file.
- From
- Ballena gas fields
- To
- Maracaibo
- Start country
- Venezuela
- End country
- Colombia
- Countries crossed
- Venezuela, Colombia
- Onshore / offshore
- Not reported
- Fuel
- Gas
- Region
- Americas
- Route drawn on map
- 177 km
- GEM pipeline ID
- P1269
- Start year
- 2007
- GEM wiki page
- gem.wiki
Segments
Each row is one row of GEM's pipeline file. Project-level figures repeated on every segment are counted once in the totals above.
| Segment | Status | From → to | Length | Capacity | Diameter | Start | Route from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole pipeline | Mothballed | Ballena gas fields → Maracaibo | 224 | 5 | — | 2007 | GEM's route file |
Connected LNG terminals
Terminals whose coordinates fall within 25 km of this route, or whose name matches the pipeline. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.
| Terminal | Country | Import / export | Status | Distance | Matched by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballena FSRU | Colombia | Import | Proposed | 18 km | route proximity |
Owners and operators
Stakes as reported by GEM per segment, merged across segments.
Owners
- PDVSA100%
Parent companies
Common questions
Generated from the same tracker fields as the tables above, so the two cannot disagree. Each answer stands on its own.
- Where does Trans-Caribbean Gas Pipeline run?
- Trans-Caribbean Gas Pipeline runs from Ballena gas fields to Maracaibo, crossing Venezuela and Colombia.
- How long is Trans-Caribbean Gas Pipeline?
- Trans-Caribbean Gas Pipeline is 224 km long.
- How much gas can Trans-Caribbean Gas Pipeline carry?
- Trans-Caribbean Gas Pipeline has a design capacity of 5 bcm/y. Where every segment of a project repeats the same figure it is counted once rather than summed.
- Is Trans-Caribbean Gas Pipeline operating?
- Trans-Caribbean Gas Pipeline is mothballed, with a reported start year of 2007.
- Who owns Trans-Caribbean Gas Pipeline?
- Trans-Caribbean Gas Pipeline is owned by PDVSA, as recorded in the current tracker release.
- Does Trans-Caribbean Gas Pipeline serve an LNG terminal?
- Trans-Caribbean Gas Pipeline passes within 25 km of 1 tracked LNG terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance and how it was made.