Indian firm Welspun Corp was chosen by Southern Energy (SESA) as its pipe supplier for a massive US$15 billion project to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Vaca Muerta field, beating local company Tenaris, part of the Techint group. Welspun also beat 13 other bids from companies in Spain, China, Colombia, Mexico, Japan, Greece, and Turkey, La Nación reported. “The winning bid barely exceeded US$200 million and was 40% lower than Techint’s,” said journalist Pablo Fernández Blanco. The projectSouthern Energy is a consortium that groups state company YPF with Pan American Energy (PAE), Pampa Energía, Harbour Energy and Golar. The contract it awarded to Welspun is for the supply of pipes for a nearly 500-kilometer pipeline that will carry gas from Vaca Muerta, in Neuquén, to the coast of Río Negro, where it will be liquefied and exported by ship.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald January 26, 2026 17:45 UTC