据普氏能源资讯3月16日布宜诺斯艾利斯报道,阿根廷最大石油公司YPF周三在布宜诺斯艾利斯表示,由于这家国营能源公司把更多的注意力放在增加天然气产量上,YPF日前创建了一个新的部门来监督本国的天然气业务。
根据布宜诺斯艾利斯证券交易所的一份备案,YPF董事会日前批准了这个新部门。这个新部门将由具有22年天然气工业丰富经验的马科斯?布朗领导。布朗以前曾在YPF处理天然气供应和加工。
YPF在本月初曾说,该公司将寻求增加天然气产量来帮助结束天然气供应中大约25%的国家财政赤字。YPF是在上述讲话以后创建这个新部门的。为了应对国内天然气产量下降16%从2004年创纪录的1.43亿立方米/天下降到1.2亿立方米/天,阿根廷平均每天进口3000万立方米天然气来满足国内需求。
根据YPF的最新财务报表,YPF去年的天然气产量同比增加了4.2%,从2014年4240万立方米/天增加到了4420万立方米/天。导致阿根廷去年天然气产量增加的主要原因是致密气产量的增加。
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Argentina's YPF to put more focus on natural gas business
Buenos Aires (Platts)--16 Mar 2016
Argentina's YPF has created a new department for overseeing its natural gas business, as the state-run energy company puts more focus on increasing output of the product, the company said Wednesday.
The board of directors has approved the new department, which will be run by Marcos Browne, a 22-year veteran of the gas industry, according to a filing with the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. Browne previously handled gas supply and processing at YPF.
The move comes after the company said earlier this month that it would seek to ramp up gas production to help close an around 25% national deficit in gas supplies. Argentina imports an average of 30 million cu m/d of gas supplies in response to a 16% decline in production to 120 million cu m/d, from a record 143 million cu m/d in 2004.
YPF's gas production rose 4.2% to 44.2 million cu m/d in 2015 from 42.4 million cu m/d in 2014, according to the company's latest financial statement. This was helped by an increase in tight gas production.