LNG plant at the Port of Bahía Blanca may be operating by 2022

The LNG plant in the Port of Bahía Blanca, Argentina, may start exporting liquefied gas to provide an alternative to the production of Vaca Muerta from 2022 or 2023.

The US company Excelerate Energy plans to build a liquefaction plant in the Argentine terminal, in consortium with Transportadora Gas del Sur, in a plan that will require an investment of US$1.6bn.

Gabriela Aguilar, vice president of South America and general manager of Excelerate in Argentina, explains that “the project is advancing in the technical assessment together with potential producers interested in participating and potential customers who could acquire this LNG in order to obtain positive viability results for all by mid-2020.”

Previously, in 2008, the US company developed the first LNG import terminal in South America in Bahía Blanca and, in 2011, the second terminal in Escobar. It is also currently responsible for the transportation of liquefied gas produced by a YPF floating unit in the Port of Bahía Blanca.

Source: Portal Portuário

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