據能源網2022年11月25日布宜諾斯艾利斯報道，阿根廷經濟部長塞爾吉奧·馬薩周四（11月24日）在布宜諾斯艾利斯表示，阿根廷政府正準備在未來幾個月向國會提交一份液化天然氣法案，以推動在阿根廷建立一個主要的天然氣出口部門。

這項法案旨在刺激數十億美元的投資，以開發阿根廷巨大的液化天然氣儲備，因為地緣政治沖突增加了全球對液化天然氣的需求。

包括阿根廷國家石油公司YPF在內的阿根廷企業已經表現出了在阿根廷廣闊的瓦卡姆爾塔頁巖盆地建造液化天然氣工廠的興趣。瓦卡姆爾塔頁巖盆地擁有世界第二大非常規天然氣儲量和第四大頁巖油儲量。 

馬薩對商界領袖表示，他希望國會在接下來的延長或特別會議中討論這項液化天然氣法案，阿根廷政府也將宣布一系列法令來配合這項法案。

在長期的金融危機和中左翼政府實施的一系列市場監管下，阿根廷的企業已要求政府提供確定性，確保一旦昂貴的液化天然氣工廠建成，液化天然氣出口承諾將得到兌現。除外，阿根廷企業還要求政府提供稅收和兌換優惠。  

據私營企業估計，位于巴塔哥尼亞內烏昆省、面積相當于比利時的瓦卡姆爾塔頁巖盆地的開發可能在幾年內幫助阿根廷扭轉50億美元的能源赤字，成為能源凈出口國。  

去年9月，阿根廷總統在休斯敦訪問期間表示，這項法案將“為能源生產投資提供確定性，并從根本上為天然氣液化工廠的建設提供確定性”。  

馬薩周四還表示，受高通脹困擾的阿根廷經濟，在能源行業和建筑行業的推動下，明年阿根廷的經濟增長可能會“遠遠超過”2023年官方預算中預測的2%。 

李峻 編譯自 能源網

原文如下：

Argentina government moves to become a major gas exporter

Argentina’s Economy minister Sergio Massa said on Thursday that the government was readying a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bill to send to Congress in the coming months, amid a push to create a major gas export sector in the country.

The bill aims to spur the multi-billion-dollar investments needed to exploit Argentina’s massive LNG reserves, as the war  spikes global demand.

Companies like state-owned YPF (YPFD.BA) have shown interest in building plants to liquify gas from Argentina’s vast Vaca Muerta shale basin, the world’s second largest unconventional gas reserve and the fourth largest shale oil reserve.

Massa told business leaders that he hoped Congress would discuss the LNG bill in coming extended or extraordinary sessions, and that the government would also announce a series of decrees to accompany the bill.

Amid a prolonged financial crisis and a series of market regulations imposed by the center-left government, companies have asked the government to provide certainty that LNG export commitments will be honored once the expensive LNG plants are built.

They have also requested tax and exchange benefits.

In a few years, the development of Vaca Muerta, an area the size of Belgium located in the Patagonian province of Neuquen, could help the country reverse a $5 billion energy deficit and become a net energy exporter, private estimates show.

Last September, President Alberto Fernandez said during a trip to Houston that the law would offer “certainties to investments destined for energy production and fundamentally to the construction of gas liquefaction plants.”

Massa on Thursday also said that Argentina’s economy, racked by high inflation, is likely next year to grow “much more” than the 2% forecast in the official 2023 budget, on the back of the energy and constructions.