In this context, the national official explained that “the execution of the Nestor Kirchner gas pipeline with the award of the tender for the pipes and confirmed that tomorrow the bids will be opened “for the construction and assembly of the first set of works, among which the section Haceyen-Salliqueló stands out, fully financed by public resources”.
The Secretary of Energy stated that “This set of tendered works will allow the transport capacity to be increased by up to 20 million cubic meters per day in this first stage.”
Martínez announced that they are talking “with the production companies to launch a new certification of the Gas.Ar plan” and stressed that “The extension of the plan is another challenge that is to broaden the horizon of certainty in terms of price demand to decisively improve the ability to plan all investments by the industry.”
Regarding exports, he said that “last year the country exported gas to Chile again after 15 years” and that “a month ago the firm export of 300,000 cubic meters per day to the Concepción region was authorized for domestic demand by 15 months until September 2023”.
When participating in the Energy Sessions organized in Neuquén by the Río Negro newspaper, the secretary also revealed that “yesterday the authorization process for firm exports for the next summer season was completed.”
As a result of this scheme, “ten Argentine gas producing companies will export up to 10 million cubic meters day from October 1 to April 30, 2023, solidifying this export policy and obtaining more than 540 million dollars in foreign currency for the country”.
He also highlighted that the oil production growth “With a total production of 584 thousand barrels per day in the country, it is a record figure for the last 11 years and 14% higher than the production of 2021.” Data from the Neuquén basin indicate that “270,000 barrels per day were produced, which represents an increase of 43 percent compared to last year.”
The Secretary of Energy considered that “this increase in production was unthinkable even for the production companies themselves and for the transport concessionaires, and the growing rate is already conditioned by the capacity of their oil pipelines.”
Source: Ambito
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