Gas utilities in Latin America have experienced an important transformation in recent years. This business sector has moved from a fully government-owned operation schema to a mixed private-government in some cases or to a fully private schema in other cases.The entering of private capital into this sector in Latin America has allowed important investments to be made, which have brought the modernization of their networks and the use of new technologies to improve service reliability, security, as well as capabilities to meet regulatory requirements, and customer experience.

While Latin-American gas utilities have worked hard to modernize all aspects of their business, international standards and regulatory requirements have significantly increased. This has created immense challenges in terms of operations, maintenance, and safety, as well as in environmental, social, and governance commitments.

In this session, some of the most important voices of Latin-American gas utilities will briefly outline their ongoing transformation. We will talk about the challenges they face in terms of modular processes like compliance surveys, field operations, and maintenance. And finally, we will discuss how technologies like Picarro can be leveraged to overcome those challenges, achieve ESG goals, and meet local and international requirements related to operations, maintenance, and safety.  

Moderator:  Malvin Delgado, Director, Sales & Client Engagement, Picarro

Panelists:
Nestor Consuegra – Head of Operations and Maintenance at Gases de Occidente - GdO (Promigas Group), Colombia
Hugo Prieto - Engineer, Inosol Ingeniería, Colombia