据管道新闻网3月12日消息称，阿根廷能源部长重申了该国建设基础设施和提高天然气产量的承诺，称计划新建一条从Vaca Muerta页岩产区至布埃纳斯艾利斯的2200万立方米/天的管道。</p>

阿根廷能源部长洛佩特吉在休斯顿新闻发布会上表示，阿根廷正通过新的中游项目和拍卖来提高天然气产量和供应，预计这些举措将平衡阿根廷的供需。

洛佩特吉表示，一项管道建设合同预计将于4月底前启动，将在8月至9月间授予该合同，该合同将把阿根廷最大的天然气产区Vaca Muerta每天至多2200万立方米的天然气输送到布宜诺斯艾利斯。根据早期的预测，这条管道将超过400英里长。

洛佩特吉称，Vaca Muerta页岩油气开发项目未来需要从目前的43亿美元/年增加到50-100亿美元/年的投资。

阿根廷国家石油公司YPF首席执行长冈萨雷斯此前预计的投资规模甚至更大。冈萨雷斯去年10月说，YPF将在2022年之前每年投资40亿至50亿美元，以提高石油和天然气产量，并扩大基础设施建设。

他还表示，随着今年下半年阿根廷原油日产量逼近10万桶，该国的原油出口，尤其是页岩油的出口，将会攀升。

该国还计划每月拍卖国内天然气，并将从5月开始组织单独的天然气拍卖，以与进口液化天然气相关的价格出售冬季天然气。

曹海斌     摘译自    管道新闻网

原文如下：

Argentina Plans Vada Muerta Production Boost, Pipeline Buildout

Argentina’s energy minister reiterated his country’s commitment to build infrastructure and boost output of natural gas, citing plans for a new 22 MMcm/d pipeline from the Vaca Muerta shale producing region to Buenas Aires.

Minister Gustavo Lopetegui said at a Houston press conference that Argentina’s efforts to boost its natural gas output and supplies are progressing through new midstream projects and auctions, moves that are expected to balance the country’s supply and demand, the nation’s energy secretary said at a press conference in Houston.

A pipeline construction contract to transport up to 22 MMcm of gas production per day from Argentina’s largest producing region, Vaca Muerta, to Buenos Aires, expects to be launched by the end of April, to be awarded in August-September, Lopetegui said. The pipeline would be more than 400 miles long, according to early projections.

The Vaca Muerta shale play will require future investment of between $5 billion and $10 billion per year, from $4.3 billion, now to accelerate growth, Lopetegui said.

The projected investment is even greater than earlier forecast by Daniel Gonzalez, CEO of Argentina’s state oil company, YPF. In October of last year, Gonzalez said YPF will invest between $4 billion and $5 billion per year through 2022 to boost oil and gas production and expand infrastructure expansion.

Argentina’s crude exports, and especially those of shale oil, will climb as overall production heads toward 100,000 barrels per day in the second half of this year, he also said.

The country also plans monthly auctions for offering domestic gas and will organize a separate gas auction beginning in May for offering winter gas at prices indexed to imported LNG.