Enarsa Opens Pipeline Bids

Argentina’s Enarsa has received six offers for its tender to supply some $740m in piping for a $1.64bn GNEA natural gas pipeline, the government said in a statement. Offers came from Mexican pipe manufacturer Tubacero, Switzerland’s Leman Commodities, Argentina’s Siat, controlled by Tenaris, China Metallurgical, China Petrochemical and India’s Jindal Saw. Installation of the 1,500km in piping, part of a system bringing gas from Bolivia, should be completed mid-2009.