Flavia Royon and her top advisers with Petroleum Economist editor-in-chief Paul Hickin (second from left)
Argentina’s gas ready to help energy security and transition
The country’s energy secretary, Flavia Royon, says a key pipeline is on track to realise the potential of the Vaca Muerta
Argentina will soon be able to provide LNG to the world, with the Nestor Kirchner pipeline set to ease the infrastructure constraints around the booming Vaca Muerta shale patch in 2023, Energy Secretary Flavia Royon tells Petroleum Economist in an exclusive interview. Vaca Muerta, which holds the world’s second-largest shale gas reserves and the fourth-largest shale oil deposits, has seen its gas production almost double in the past couple of years after a period of stagnation. And output could go from strength to strength, with plans firmly on track to deliver on the first phase of the Nestor Kirchner connection, an important midstream project that will go a long way to helping Argentina’s
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