From Germany, they closely monitor the price of gas at Vaca Muerta

In the center of Berlin, thousands of people are mobilized every day, but the sound that reigns in the streets is not the roar of the engines, it is nothing. A silence that surprises visitors and marks the change that the country is making towards renewable energies, driven by the pbadage of electric vehicles.

"The government 's commitment is to arrive in 2030. 60% of energy production comes from renewable energy," said Stefan Kapferer, director of the executive board of the company. Federal Association of Gas and Water (BDEW). German).

In this process of transformation, natural gas plays a more important role because it is the link that allows progress in the transition to cleaner energies because, unlike Argentina, Germany has still a large part of thermal power plants running on highly polluting coal. .

Can Vaca Muerta gas enter this scenario? This is the request that was made "Rio Negro" to Kapferer, the head of the agency that brings together more than 2,000 companies from the energy sector of the European country. The answer presents not only a perspective, but also the challenge that the Argentine oil sector will face in the years to come: "There will be many opportunities for gas from the rest of the world, but the key point is to know if it's going to happen. it will be competitive with Russian gas, Saudi Arabia or the United States ".

Kapferer explained that Germany is continuing the construction of two liquefaction plants, similar to that of the port of Escobar, in order to expand the source of gas supply so as not to depend on the import of Russian gas.

In this scenario, the gas that Vaca Muerta could produce for export on ships, such as the one that YPF has just installed in Bahía Blanca, is more than interesting, but as the only one in the world. said the German official, it will depend on the price at which he arrives.

Geopolitics could favor the production of Neuquén's unconventional training given that Kapferer had warned that the United States had announced that it would compete with the price of Russian gas.

Germany currently consumes 246 million cubic meters of gas a day, almost double the demand of Argentina. However, in its plan to move towards cleaner energy, it is considering not only decarbonising thermal power plants, but also closing them. they still have some by 2022.

The German plan plans to increase the overall contribution of renewable energies by up to 50% and significantly increase gas consumption, so that it is used not only as a transition but also as an alternative for days without wind or in cloudy weather.