Chilean energy minister arrives in Vaca Muerta with shale gas target

The visit of Chilean officials comes one day after the authorization of the firm gas sales abroad, organized by the national government, as scheduled on July 31, LM Neuquén.

In this way, there will be a volume of neutral gas that can be sold to the neighboring country without interruption. The resumption of sales since 2018 implied up to now investments which, if necessary, could be interrupted to give priority to the domestic consumption of the country, which the volume of production of Vaca Muerta allows to leave aside .

The visit takes place in the midst of a particular context: Vaca Muerta oil production among the interrogation points aroused by the decree of necessity and urgency of the national government which sets a ceiling for the domestic crude oil price ($ 59) and Citation for the oil dollar of $ 45.19.

In this sense, the president of the province said that the measures taken by the national government to tackle the economic crisis that goes through the Argentine economy must take place "as part of a parenthesis And not through structural changes that affect not only provincial self-governments. but exploitation of the natural resources of the Neuquinos.

"We must stir and give again to defend the development of Vaca Muerta, an industry that works," said the governor this afternoon, announcing the visit of the Chilean government in Neuquén.

In this context, Gutierrez not only participated in a meeting in Buenos Aires with the Minister of the Interior, Rogelio Frigerio, and the new Minister of Finance, Hernán Lacunza, but also seized the Supreme Court of one recourse in amparo. measures announced without reservation by the national government. "There is no doubt that the rights acquired and the autonomy of the provinces are intruded and violated," he said.

At the same time, the provincial government is working on a draft regulatory project to provide the national government with solutions aimed at gradually returning to the hydrocarbon industry context prior to the decree that froze the price of the oil and gas industry. fuel.

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