June 17, 2024 – 00:05
The state company Energía Argentina SA (ENARSA) agreed with Bolivia to continue the supply of gas to supply the demand of seven provinces in the Center and North of the country during the winter, in order to avoid new problems of shortage and as a result of the delayed completion of the Reversal of the Northern Gas Pipeline (See separate).
The state company announced that it signed with Yacimientos Petrolófilos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) the ninth addendum to the contract that binds them to ensure the supply of natural gas for the demand of Northern Argentina for the months of August and September.
From ENARSA they assured that “this supply will allow the central/northern area of the country to be supplied with up to 4 million cubic meters per day (MMm3/day) depending on the requirement of internal demand, while the Northern Gasduct Reversion project is completed. , currently underway.”
The supply contract between Argentina and Bolivia, which supplies gas to seven provinces in the center and north of the country, had an expiration date of July 31, after decades of validity.
With the new renewal, it will be extended for two more months, with the objective that once the extension period has expired, the Reversion of the Northern Gasduct will be completed and the demand will begin to be covered with resources from Vaca Muerta.
After the crisis due to the lack of gas in May, the Government seeks to ensure that this scenario is not repeated in the coldest months of the year, so in addition to the agreement with the Bolivian oil company, in recent weeks it has made progress in concluding negotiations with Brazil and Chile to reinforce supply.
With Brazil, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed at the end of April between ENARSA and Petrobras for a period of three years, with different purposes, among which is “to solve the NOA gas supply while the recently tendered works for the reversal of the “North Gasduct.”
Meanwhile, Chile agreed last week with the state-owned Enap to import natural gas to supply Northern Argentina, from the Mejillones Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal.
In this regard, the Chilean Ministry of Energy reported that “Engie Energía Chile and Enap Refinerías will sign a natural gas purchase and sale contract to export the volumes arranged to ENARSA.”
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