据世界石油10月17日报道称，知情人士透露，阿根廷计划关闭一家进口液化天然气（LNG）设施，此前，Vaca Muerta地区的页岩气产量激增，使该国成为季节性出口国。
知情人士称，与Excelerate能源公司签订的合同将于本月到期，届时不会续签。Excelerate能源公司在大西洋巴伊亚布兰卡港停泊着一艘再气化船。他还补充道，该决定不是公开的。阿根廷将继续在Escobar的另一个工厂进口液化天然气。
负责管理合同的国有石油公司YPF SA拒绝对此决定发表评论。Excelerate的发言人没有立即置评。
在决定不续签已有10年历史的合同之际，阿根廷对二叠纪盆地(Permian basin)的回应——Vaca Muerta天然气产量在夏季造成了供大于求。今年8月，页岩气日产量飙升至2.05亿立方米，是去年同期的三倍多。政府已经与智利谈判出口，以帮助解决这个问题。它还启动了减少从邻国玻利维亚获得天然气的谈判，并与玻利维亚签订了到2026年的天然气合同。
徐蕾 摘译自 世界石油
原文如下：
Argentina plans to close LNG importing facility
Argentina plans to close a facility for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to people with direct knowledge of the matter, after booming production from shale deposits in the Vaca Muerta region turned the country into a seasonal exporter.
A contract with Excelerate Energy, which has a regasification ship moored at the Atlantic port of Bahia Blanca, won’t be renewed when it expires at the end of the month, said the people, who asked not to be named because the decision isn’t yet public. Argentina will continue to import LNG at another facility in Escobar, the people said.
YPF SA, the state-run oil company that manages the contract, declined to comment The decision not to renew the decade-old contract comes as output from Vaca Muerta, the nation’s answer to the Permian basin, has created an oversupply of gas during the summer. Shale gas production soared to 205 million cubic meters a day in August, more than triple the level seen a year earlier. The government has negotiated exports to Chile to help solve the problem. It has also initiated talks to receive less gas from neighboring Bolivia, with which it has a contract through 2026.
