YPFB Has Capacity to Produce 61 MMcm/d

(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 6.Jun.2016) – Bolivia has the capacity to produce 61 million cubic meters per day of natural gas to cover demand in the internal market and for export.

Natural gas supply to cover demand in Bolivia as well as agreements with Brazil and Argentina totals 56 million cubic meters per day, reported the daily La Razón, citing Bolivia Hydrocarbon and Energy Minister Luis Alberto Sánchez.

Supply to Brazil is actually 24 million cubic meters per day — the minimum established under a gas supply agreement between Bolivia and Brazil — while supply to Argentina is 19.9, reported the daily, citing YPFB President Guillermo Achá.

“We could reach 60 or 61 million cubic meters per day to supply our two export markets as well as domestic demand,”said Achá. “We are trying to optimize the supply to Argentina, considering the transport capacity that the country has.”

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