油气公司承诺今年在阿根廷投资50亿美元

中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯布宜诺斯艾利斯1月10日消息，阿根廷总统马克里表示，在工会组织同意降低劳动力成本后，油气公司周二承诺今年在阿根廷至少投资50亿美元，未来几年每年的投资将翻番。

业内高管们非常欢迎与工会达成的下调劳动力成本的协议，并表示这将削减钻井成本，令阿根廷油气行业在全球更具有竞争力。业内官员表示，该协议还呼吁政府在2021年前继续保持对新生产天然气的最低价格保护。

阿根廷国家石油公司YPF董事长Miguel Gutierrez表示：“没有这个协议的话，我们或将今年的投资减少20%-30%。”

Gutierrez表示，YPF计划今年投资近23亿美元。YPF占据阿根廷油气投资总额的约一半，以及新油气井的约90%。

Gutierrez表示，这个当前仍停留在口头的协议将帮助YPF削减资本支出成本约10%和经营成本30%。

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Oil and Gas Firms Pledge $5 Billion in Investments in Argentina This Year

By Taos Turner

BUENOS AIRES -- Oil-and-gas companies on Tuesday pledged to invest at least $5 billion in Argentina this year and more than double that annually in coming years after unions agreed to lower labor costs, President Mauricio Macri said.

Industry executives hailed the agreement, saying it will cut drilling costs and make Argentina's oil and gas sector more competitive globally. The deal also calls for the government to maintain a minimum floor price for newly produced natural gas through 2021, industry officials said.

"We would likely invest 20% to 30% less this year without the agreement, " Miguel Gutierrez, chairman Argentine state-run oil company YPF said.

YPF plans to invest almost $2.3 billion in 2017, Mr. Gutierrez said. The company accounts for about half of all the oil and gas investment in Argentina and about 90% of its new oil and gas wells.

The deal, which for now is a verbal agreement, will help YPF reduce capital expenditure costs by about 10% and operating costs by 30%, Mr. Gutierrez said.