据石油世界网8月3日布宜诺斯艾利斯报道，为了满足对来自瓦卡姆尔塔页岩地层不断增加的产量的需求，阿根廷日前启动了一次旨在建设和运营一条投资20亿美元建造的新天然气管道的国际招标。

这条新天然气管道的第一段570公里的管道将从诺伊昆省的Tratayen到布宜诺斯艾利斯省的Salliquelo，天然气日输送量至少为1500万立方米，预计需要大约8亿美元的投资。这条新天然气管道的最终日输气量可能扩大到4000万立方米。

这条管道的第一段预计将在2021年南半球冬季来临之前完工。第二段将跨越470公里，从萨尔里克洛到布宜诺斯艾利斯省的圣尼古拉斯，将于2024年底完工。

阿根廷经济部估计，这条新建天然气管道将使阿根廷能够大幅削减通过布宜诺斯艾利斯省Escobar终端的液化天然气进口，每年可节省多达2.4亿美元。

阿根廷能源部长Gustavo Lopetegui说：“这条管道将使我们能够改善国内的贸易平衡，并增加瓦卡姆尔塔的产量。”

与2018年同期相比，阿根廷今年上半年天然气日产量增加了5%，达到了1.33586亿立方米。

李峻 编译自 石油世界

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Argentina launched $2bn gas pipeline tenderBUENO AIRES

Argentina launched an international tender to build and operate a $2bn natural gas pipeline to meet the demands of rising production from the Vaca Muerta shale formation.

The first 570km stage of the new line will transport a minimum of 15mn m3/d from Tratayen in Neuquen province to Salliquelo in Buenos Aires province and is expected to cost around $800mn. The pipeline capacity could eventually expand to as much as 40mn m3/d.

The first segment of the pipeline is expected to be completed before the onset of the southern hemisphere winter in 2021. The second leg will span 470km from Salliquelo to San Nicolas in Buenos Aires province and would be completed by late 2024.

The pipeline will allow Argentina to slash LNG imports through its Escobar terminal in Buenos Aires province, saving as much as $240mn per year, according to economy ministry estimates.

"The pipeline will allow us to improve the country's trade balance and increase production in Vaca Muerta," energy secretary Gustavo Lopetegui said.

Argentina's gas production increased 5pc in the first six months of the year, compared to the same period of 2018, to 133.586mn m3/d.