中国石化新闻网讯 据油价网3月14日消息称，阿根廷是世界上第二大页岩地层的所在地，估计含有160亿桶石油和308万亿立方英尺的天然气。国有石油和天然气公司YPF在这两种大宗商品上都有很大的野心。YPF计划在未来五年内将原油产量增加一倍，并将天然气产量提高30%。它可能会成功。
YPF首席财务官本月早些时候宣布了增产计划，他还表示，今年该公司的原油产量将增加8%，天然气产量将增加3%。
这些计划的重点是Vaca muerta区块，尽管面临诸多挑战，但它还是吸引了超级石油巨头来到该地。
埃克森美孚拥有一个地层区块35年的采矿权，该区块可能在五年内日产量达到55000桶。雪佛龙公司和壳牌公司也参与了Vaca Muerta区块的开发，壳牌也是如此，顺便说一下，壳牌已经与YPF合作开展了一个生产项目，到明年，该项目的日产量将达到1.5万桶石油当量。
但这家阿根廷国有能源巨头并没有止步于壳牌。事实上，YPF在Vaca Muerta区块有多个合作伙伴，最新的合作伙伴是YPF的马来西亚同行马来西亚国家石油公司。
两家公司最近就可能成为60亿美元的项目握手，该项目将使阿根廷成为液化天然气出口国。该项目分为五个阶段，将涵盖从生产到运输再到液化的整个过程。
第一阶段每年将生产约500万吨液化天然气。预计YPF和马来西亚国家石油公司将在2024年对该项目做出最终投资决定。
马来西亚国家石油公司液化天然气公司计划是在上周的CERAWeeek会议上宣布的。YPF首席执行官Pablo Iuliano还表示，该公司即将对一个石油管道项目做出最终投资决定，该项目最终将建成一个能够为超级油轮服务的原油出口码头。
阿根廷国家石油和天然气公司当然不会坐以待毙。尽管在Vaca Muerta区块工作存在一些挑战，例如缺乏基础设施，压裂砂等材料的供应地点距离很远，但该公司一直在扩大该地区的产量。
本月早些时候，YPF报告称，去年第四季度，该公司的平均原油日产量为23.2万桶。由于价格上涨，YPF本季度的收入为46.5亿美元，同比增长24%，利润为4.64亿美元，同比增长69%。
YPF首席财务官Alejandro Lew本月早些时候在庆祝YPF在纽约证券交易所上市30周年的活动上对媒体表示，YPF“处于继续加速Vaca Muerta资源货币化的有利地位”。
曹海斌 摘译自 油价网
原文如下：
Argentina’s YPF Looks To Double Oil Production Within 5 Years
Argentina is the home of the second-largest shale formation in the world, containing an estimated 16 billion barrels of oil and 308 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. IThe state oil and gas company, YPF, has major ambitions in both commodities. YPF plans to double its crude oil output over the next five years and boost natural gas production by 30 percent. And it might succeed.
The production boost plan was announced earlier this month by YPF's chief financial officer, who also said that this year the company would increase its crude oil production by 8 percent, with gas production rising by 3 percent.
The focus of these plans is Vaca Muerta-the Dead Cow shale formation, which has drawn the supermajors to Argentina despite numerous challenges.
Exxon has a 35-year concession for a block in the formation that could, in five years, be pumping 55,000 barrels daily. Chevron is also present in the Vaca Muerta play, as is Shell, which, by the way, has partnered with YPF>But the Argentine state energy major is not stopping with Shell. In fact, it has multiple partnerships in the Vaca Muerta play, the latest that made the news is with Petronas, YPF's Malaysian peer.
The two recently shook hands>The first phase will see the production of some 5 million metric tons of LNG annually. YPF and Petronas are expected to make the final investment decision>The Petronas LNG plans were announced at last week's CERAWeeek conference, where YPF's chief executive, Pablo Iuliano, also said that the company is about to make a final investment decision>The Argentine state oil and gas firm is certainly not sitting idle. Despite the challenges of working in the Vaca Muerta play, such as the lack of infrastructure and long distances to supply locations for materials such as frac sand, the company has been expanding its output there.
Earlier this month, YPF reported that in the final quarter of last year, it had achieved average crude oil production of 232,000 barrels daily. Thanks to higher prices, YPF booked revenues of $4.65 billion for the quarter, up by 24>YPF is "in a good position to continue the acceleration of the monetization of Vaca Muerta resources," the chief financial officer of the company, Alejandro Lew, told media earlier this month at an event celebrating YPF's 30-year history of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
