Roads and pipelines for South America

Latin American comprehensive road network would link petroleum fields from the Orinoco Belt, through the Barinas basin into Guafita, entering Colombia through Arauca Bridge for a cluster with Campo Caño Limón, and then follow: both roads and oil pipelines into Casanare and Meta, where are located Quifia Rubiales oil fields. The connection could continue south into Guaviare and Amazonas, cross the Putumayo at Puerto Tumaco into Iquitos in Loreto, Peru: servicing oil fields from the Marañón basin. This trans amazonian route would then continue into Ucayali, connecting through Pucallpa into upgraded port of Chancay, or alternatively continue through the Amazon basin into Manú in Madre de Dios. Build new bridges leading the way to northern La Paz and Beni in Bolivia up to Puerto Villarroel, from where it is easy to get to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Camiri, Camatindi into Chuquisaca and Tarija Chaco oil fields, which are shared with Paraguay on Boquerón and President Hayes departments in cities such as Mariscal José Félix Estigarribia.

This route follows a great extent of South American oil fields that are in need of further investment. If a pipeline is developed between all of them, all industries in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Paraguay could be developed simultaneously. The emphasis after Asunción would become more of general trade, as the route would pass into Misiones, Argentina, Garruchos in Corientenes, and Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, Final destinations in Uruguay include Rivera, Durazno and Montevideo for an alternative Atlantic port connection to landlocked Bolivia and Paraguay.

A similar route could be designed from Margarita Island: including two bridges that were designed in the 1970s, and were never built into Coche and then into Araya Peninsula mainland. From there, trunk two would continue south into Ojo de Agua in Sucre, Caripito and Maturín in Monagas: which is an important oil hub that could receive crude from Anzoátegui, Monagas and the Orinoco belt fields of Ayacucho and Carabobo. South of Maturín, much road work must be constructed: as the Orinoco belt is close to the Orinoco River in a unpopulated area: which requires major infrastructure investment and, would probably require relocating the population living in poverty in northern parts of the country.They could be employed at Orinoco Belt locations such as Zuata or Mapire. Moving west, the Junín and Boyacá fields have not been well exploited: primarily because they are in remote Guárico or southwestern Anzoátegui locations. Even the Pariaguán area has a lot of infrastructure needs to be built.

West of Camaguán, this road would continue into Barinas state in Arismendi municipality, which only has small villages: very apart from civilization. Most transportation there is done by boat. A highway could be built through Cojedes into Tinaquillo, Aguirre in Carabobo, for a new connection to El Palito refinery and Puerto Cabello. Alternatively from the Orinoco belt, most of southern Barinas would be covered, road would then be extended northward into Sabaneta, Desembocadero, Biscucuy, Pampán in Trujillo, and reach southern Lake Maracaibo at La Ceiba, connecting to the eastern lake Maracaibo oil fields: all in need of urgent rehabilitation such as Mene Grande, La Rosa, Lagunillas into El Tablazo Petrochemical Complex and the old Creole Club: where a new bridge over the Maracaibo strait could be built into Puerto Caballo next to Maracaiboo. Decongesting traffic.

From Maturín, another road could be designed to Los Castillos de Guayana in Delta Amacuro, crossing the Orinoco through a new flagship bridge: and then continue to Manoa on Delta Amakuro east, into Juanita in Barima Waini, Anna Regina in Pomeroon Supenaam, then cross the Essequibo River in direction to Georgetown. A new bridge over the Corentyne river is also needed to enter Nickerie in Suriname, passing into Paramaribo. Oil pipelines should follow these roads, as a new refinery could be built in the Esseqibo for use by petroleum industries of Guyana Stabroek offshore fields, and Venezuelan Orinoco fields in an intermediate location. Both countries have the same goal of expanding their petroleum production. This new refinery could actually ease the political tensions because of a border dispute.

We continue traveling the northern South American coast from Paramaribo, Surinam whose Tout Lui Faut refinery could be upgraded as Suriname's oil industry develops. We would also need a bridge to enter Saint Laurent du Maroni in French Guyana, which would enable access to Kouru, European Space Station, for the benefit of Colombian, Venezuelan Guyanese and Surinamese industries. Then we continue east from Cayenne into Oyapoque. We shift to a southbound road in Brazil, similar to the one that already exists near Manaus. New road would traverse Pará and Tocantins, in direction of Péla Ema Serra Verde mine and Brazilia. We may turn west through Mato Grosso into Bolivia, getting again to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, where we could have a junction with the previously described trunk one road that just came from Manú and Madre de Dios in Peru.

The connection from Serra Verde Rare Earth Mines and Uyuní in Bolivia could be possible: both are strategic producers of rare earth minerals that are needed by most high-tech industries currently. From there we would cross into northern Argentina: with puna conditions similar to Bolivia. Further South we arrive to San Miguel de Tucumán, Córdoba, La Pampa to have a junction with Neuquén oil fields, south to San Jorge in Chubut and Santa Cruz de Patagonia, entering the Magallanes Strait into Chile. Build a bridge over the Magallanes Strait and get into Tolhuin oil fields in Tierra del Fuego, back in Argentina . This journey from Margarita Island in Venezuela ends into Ushuaia, southernmost Argentina and Lapataia, southernmost Chile.

It is necessary to forget differences between South American countries. Let us concentrate on the regional possibilities of linking strategic locations, as described. We could have comprehensive petroleum and rare earth mining industries: that could benefit us all. This Avanza roads, pipelines, electrical generators, oil fields and refineries network project will probably cost about a trillion dollars: because there are further roads that will be described in future occasions. However, we count on the combined petroleum and mining output of 37 countries in the Americas: including 33 sovereign nations. Four territories are involved: such territories are of the United States such as Puerto Rico, of the United Kingdom such as Montserrat or Turks & Caicos, of the Netherlands such as Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, and of France such as French Guyana, Martinique and Guadeloupe. Our economic sovereignty emphasis would entail the economic integration that politicians seek and the Organisation of American States have never been able to achieve.

Project completion seems hard, because people in countries are programmed to think in very local terms. However, Dwight Eisenhower in the United States in the 1950s designed a network of interstate highways across North America: which is just now being replicated with these Avanza roads. Many of the Avanza roads will not pass through capitals of countries, because those are well connected. The infrastructure needs should privilege petroleum and mining regions: needing connection to factories and export harbors into foreign markets. Meanwhile, it would be interesting to think how the oil industries of Potiguar in northeastern Brazil, could also be linked to Suriname and Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Pipeline network would promote efficiencies in oil distribution: for the benefit of refineries in the entire South American continent. While it looks like a costly project, revenue from greenfield developments all over South America would return the investment in less than 10 years.