中國石化新聞網訊 據化工網1月6日消息：阿根廷能源部長馬丁內斯表示，阿根廷計劃將對巴西的天然氣出口提高至每天2000萬立方米。
此舉被視為推動Vaca Muerta頁巖油氣產量增長的關鍵。馬丁內斯在一份聲明中補充說，出口重點將集中到南部的巴拉那州，聖卡塔琳娜州和南裡奧格蘭德州。
世界最大的頁巖氣田之一Vaca Muerta天然氣生產商一直在遊說增加出口的機會，稱這是開發巨大資源的唯一途徑。阿根廷平均每天消耗1.4億立方米，目前主要由當地1.25億立方米的產量和通過管道從玻利維亞進口的液化天然氣以及布宜諾斯艾利斯附近的浮動再氣化終端滿足。
雖然一些公司正在計劃建造一個液化終端，向全球市場(尤其是亞洲)出口液化天然氣。但與此同時，他們希望增加對巴西、智利和烏拉圭現有管道的銷售。
根據能源秘書處的最新數據，從2020年1月至10月，阿根廷平均出口410萬立方米/天，低於2019年全年的510萬立方米/天。數據顯示，去年同期，出口到巴西的天然氣只有25萬立方米/天，出口到智利的天然氣為340萬立方米/天。
bp支持的泛美能源公司負責天然氣和能源的副總裁魯道夫•弗雷爾上個月在美洲研究所的一次研討會上表示，儘管對巴西的天然氣銷售較低，但仍有增長潛力。巴西進口的大部分天然氣都是從玻利維亞進口的，而玻利維亞的天然氣產量正在下降，這意味著阿根廷可以利用這一點增加對拉丁美洲最大經濟體的銷售。
根據油氣部的數據，玻利維亞10月份的天然氣產量從去年同期的5789萬立方米/天降至4884萬立方米/天。其中，玻利維亞與阿根廷和巴西籤訂了長期出口合同，這兩個國家在開發本國資源的過程中一直在減少購買。
馮娟 摘譯自 化工網
原文如下：
Argentina eyes ramping up gas exports to Brazil to fuel production growth
Buenos Aires—Argentina plans to boost natural gas exports to Brazil by up to 20 million cubic meters/day, Energy Secretary Daniel Martinez said late Jan. 4.
The move is seen as key for fueling production growth from the giant Vaca Muerta shale play."Argentinian producers are going to analyze the Brazilian market and see about the possibility of exporting between 10 [million] and 20 million cubic meters per day" to that market, Martinez said after a meeting with Daniel Scioli, the Argentinian ambassador to Brazil.
The focus of the exports will be to the southern states of Paraná, Santa Catalina and Rio Grande do Sul, he added in a statement.
The next step is to invite producers "to analyze the possibility," Martinez said.
Gas producers in Vaca Muerta, one of the world's biggest shale plays, have been lobbying for opportunities to increase exports, saying it is the only way to develop the huge resources. Argentina consumes an average of 140 million cu m/d, which is now largely met by local production of 125 million cu m/d and imports by pipeline from Bolivia and as LNG to a floating regasification terminal near Buenos Aires.
Any growth in the country's total gas production—it reached a most recent record of 144.4 million cu m/d in July 2020—means that new outlets will have to be found for sales.
While some companies are working on plans to build a liquefaction terminal to export LNG to the global market, in particular Asia, they want to increase sales over existing pipelines to Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay in the meantime.
Argentina exported an average of 4.1 million cu m/d from January through October 2020, down from 5.1 million cu m/d in all of 2019, according to the latest data from the Energy Secretariat. Of the exports, only 250,000 cu m/d went to Brazil in the period last year, while 3.4 million cu m/d went to Chile, the data show.
Despite low sales to Brazil, there is the potential for growth, Rodolfo Freyre, vice president of gas and energy at BP-backed Pan American Energy, said last month at an Institute of the Americas seminar. He said that Brazil gets most of its imported gas from Bolivia, where production is in decline, meaning that Argentina can take advantage of that to increase sales to Latin America's biggest economy.
Bolivia's gas production fell to an average 48.84 million cu m/d in October from 57.89 million cu m/d a year earlier, according to data from the Ministry of Hydrocarbons. Of that, Bolivia has long-term contracts to export to Argentina and Brazil, both of which have been reducing purchases as they develop their own resources.
At the same seminar last month, Jose Luis Manzano, chairman of Integra Capital, an investment company with interests in the Argentinian energy sector, said that exporting regionally can allow for production growth from Vaca Muerta while a liquefaction terminal is built for global sales, a project that requires billions of dollars of investment and four to five years of construction.