据普氏能源资讯2019年1月9日布宜诺斯艾利斯报道，由于美国雪佛龙公司、埃克森美孚公司和法国道达尔公司等大石油公司将赌注押在阿根廷最大页岩气田瓦卡姆尔塔的产量增长潜力上，瓦卡姆尔塔项目迄今已经吸引了1650亿美元的投资承诺，但瓶颈正在显现，它可能会阻碍这个项目的活动增加。

壳牌公司负责拉丁美洲非常规项目总经理劳伦斯?加伦斯特卢姆表示，各家公司必须努力在未来两到三年内降低成本，以显示“现金”可以从这个远景区中产生。这将有助于吸引资金进入阿根廷瓦卡姆尔塔项目，而不是进入成本更低、经济更稳定的美国远景区。

加伦斯特卢姆说，关键是要削减水力压裂、物流、支撑剂和服务的成本，使盈亏平衡价格远低于每桶40美元。

他表示：“我们仍需努力解决这些成本因素，才能真正取得进展。”

李峻 编译自 普氏能源资讯

原文如下：

Argentina's Vaca Muerta faces bottlenecks that could slow growth

The Vaca Muerta has attracted $165 billion in investment commitments as companies like Chevron, ExxonMobil and Total bet on the production growth potential of Argentina's biggest shale play, but bottlenecks are emerging that could limit a ramp-up in activity.

Laurens Gaarenstroom, general manager of unconventional ventures in Latin America for Shell, said companies must work on reducing costs over the next two to three years to show that "real money" can be generated out of the play. That will help attract capital to Vaca Muerta that otherwise could go to US plays, where costs are lower and the economy more stable.

The key is to cut costs for fracking, logistics, proppant and services to drive the breakeven price well below $40/b.

"We still need to work on these cost elements to really take off," he said.