Members of the Mapuche community Painemil They interrupt access to a super block of unconventional hydrocarbons in Dead cow, prevent the entry and exit of oil workers of the formation and if they do not lift the picket, the supply of natural gas to the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires is in danger in the middle of winter.
According to what he was able to find out Energyr Reportthe protest began on Monday, June 25 at the entrance to Loma La Lataone of the main gas hubs in Dead cowwith a direct impact on the production of the main operators such as YPF.
Loma La Lata produces more than 3 million cubic meters of gas daily, but If the road block is maintained, it is feared that it will affect the supply in Buenos Aires and other points of the gas consumption network.in the midst of a situation of high demand and climate crisis with low temperatures.
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Courtesy: Jorge J. Hechem
Although the hydrocarbon area was left with a minimum guard, operations are not operating at full capacity, which resulted in a significant reduction in gas production. In fact, several plants in the largest conventional gas field in Neuquén are currently paralyzed.
The unusual thing about the claim is that the community complains about the lack of gas provision in the homes of the Painemil, who are supplied through a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) truck that was stranded at the same picket they organized, without the possibility of arriving to unload the product and end the conflict.
But the most serious thing about the protest was that in addition to the LPG truck and its driver, they were stranded in Dead cow by the picket at the access to the site Loma La Lata about 300 oil tankers for almost 24 hours.
The testimony of the wife of an oilman held in Vaca Muerta
The Voice of Neuquén cited a very harsh anonymous story from the wife of an oil worker held for almost a day. “In the case of my husband, he came in during the 6 a.m. shift and when they went to leave, to return to Añelo, they found that they had been cut off. At that time it was about two in the afternoon.”described according to LVN.
“My husband did not have anything to eat because they go for a few hours and come back, but they are not prepared for the whole day, so neither he nor those who are with him have anything to eat and they were left without water”he warned, and then added that since YPF They had prepared food for their staff and contractors.
“The workers are not allowed to leave. They are held against their will at the site”the woman insisted.
