Construction of a $1.4bn, 700-mile pipeline to carry natural gas from Peru's Camisea fields to its impoverished south will begin in 2010, according to Kuntur Transportadora de Gas, which will sign a contract with the country's government today. Kuntur, a subsidiary of US private equity firm Conduit Capital which focuses on infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean, has announced that construction will take up to three years. "This will be a major economic driver in this region for years to come," said Samuel D. G