{"id":48217,"date":"2023-03-16T10:13:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T10:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatechangenews.com\/?p=48217"},"modified":"2023-03-17T10:47:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T10:47:41","slug":"argentina-secures-funding-boost-to-kickstart-carbon-bomb-exports-gas-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2023\/03\/16\/argentina-secures-funding-boost-to-kickstart-carbon-bomb-exports-gas-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina secures funding boost to kickstart gas exports from \u2018carbon bomb\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Argentina has secured $540 million from the Latin America Development Bank to finance a new pipeline that would allow for &#8220;record&#8221; gas exports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The bank announced a deal last week to finance the N\u00e9stor Kirchner pipeline, a project that would allow the country to export gas from the Argentinian Patagonia\u2019s Vaca Muerta field, which campaigners have described as a &#8216;carbon bomb&#8217; due to huge emissions potential.<\/p>\n<p>Vaca Muerta currently holds the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbva.com\/en\/vaca-muerta-worlds-second-largest-shale-gas-deposit\/\">second-largest<\/a> shale gas deposit and could lead to &#8220;record oil and gas production,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telam.com.ar\/notas\/202303\/621316-alberto-fernandez-discurso-energia-ypf-petroleo-gas-mauricio-macri.html\">according<\/a> to Argentina\u2019s president Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n<p>Sergio Massa, minister of economy, said in the past that Argentina did not have the finance to carry the project forward, but now they have an &#8220;opportunity for Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Uruguay to access the world&#8217;s largest reserves of gas, which we have at our disposal&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The move could contribute to pushing global temperature rise beyond 1.5C &#8211; a threshold above which climate impacts will be significantly worse for people and ecosystems. The International Energy Agency stated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2021\/05\/18\/iea-end-fossil-fuel-expansion-now-net-zero-energy-emissions-2050\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a 2021 report<\/a> that new oil and gas projects are incompatible with international climate goals.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2023\/03\/14\/chinese-coal-boom-a-direct-threat-to-1-5c-goal-analysts-warn\/\"><strong>Chinese coal<\/strong> boom a \u2018direct threat\u2019 to 1.5C goal, analysts warn<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Carbon bomb<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Activists are critical of the initiative due to its impact on carbon emissions. However, the national government points to Vaca Muerta as an economic hope.<\/p>\n<p>According to 350.org in Latin America, the project is a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/350.org\/vaca-muerta-is-a-carbon-bomb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carbon bomb<\/a>\u201d that threatens to use up more than 11% of the world&#8217;s remaining carbon budget to reach 1.5C.<\/p>\n<p>Talks to expand gas exports from Vaca Muerta date back to the early 2000s, but were abandoned after Argentina focused its gas production for domestic use. But a 2010 discovery found large gas reserves and led to initiatives to boost exports.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, 31 oil and gas companies have contracts to operate in Vaca Muerta, among them Shell, ExxonMobil and Argentinian company YPF.<\/p>\n<p>To transport shale oil and gas from Vaca Muerta, the N\u00e9stor Kirchner pipeline will run more than 570 kilometers from Tratay\u00e9n, in the shale fields, to northern Argentina\u2019s Santa F\u00e9 province.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_48219\" style=\"width: 574px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48219\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48219\" src=\"https:\/\/climatechangenews.com\/files\/2023\/03\/vaca-muerta-mapa-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2023\/03\/15231111\/vaca-muerta-mapa-3.jpg 564w, https:\/\/cdn.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2023\/03\/15231111\/vaca-muerta-mapa-3-127x168.jpg 127w, https:\/\/cdn.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2023\/03\/15231111\/vaca-muerta-mapa-3-255x337.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-48219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map of the Vaca Muerta field in the Argentinian Patagonia. (Photo: Ministry of Economy of Argentina)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ilan Zugman, 350.org Latin America managing director, said the fracking technique used in the oil and gas extraction is dangerous to the environment. Chemicals used in the process are polluting rivers.<\/p>\n<p>According to 350.org <a href=\"https:\/\/350.org\/es\/estoesvacamuerta\/\">estimates<\/a>, costs from healthcare, stranded assets and oil spills from Vaca Muerta&#8217;s operations could reach between $2.2 and $5.6 billion, compared to the estimated project profits of $2.1 billion if all the oil and gas is exploited.<\/p>\n<p>The first stretch of the pipeline is set to be inaugurated by the middle of this year. At the same time, Argentina is experiencing <a href=\"https:\/\/batimes.com.ar\/news\/argentina\/with-extreme-heat-and-drought-argentina-suffers-its-most-scorching-summer-ever.phtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its hottest recorded summer.<\/a> The combination of heatwaves and drought is affecting agricultural yields, causing economic losses and negative health impacts.<\/p>\n<p>The high temperatures and drought sparked fires that affected critical energy infrastructure. For several days, about half of Argentina <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/americas\/20230302-major-power-cut-plunges-argentina-into-dark-for-hours-during-heatwave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faced blackouts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Help from abroad<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Zugman said Argentina does not have sufficient resources to bring to market all of Vaca Muerta&#8217;s oil and gas by itself. As a result, the government is seeking deals overseas to finance critical export infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>President Fern\u00e1ndez discussed the issue with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2022\/06\/30\/germany-italy-moot-support-for-gas-export-facility-in-argentina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a number of European leaders.<\/a> Meanwhile, state-owned oil and gas company YPF has <a href=\"https:\/\/lngprime.com\/americas\/petronas-and-ypf-ink-land-deal-for-large-lng-export-project-in-argentina\/75019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">landed a deal<\/a> with Malaysia&#8217;s Petronas to develop an LNG terminal at the port of Bahia Blanca, in Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n<p>In January, during a meeting between Fern\u00e1ndez and Brazilian president Lula da Silva, the latter\u00a0 considered financial support for the project. \u201cWe\u2019re going to create the conditions to finance within our possibilities and help the pipeline,\u201d Lula said.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2023\/03\/10\/eu-agrees-diplomatic-push-for-fossil-fuel-phase-out-ahead-of-cop28\/\"><strong>EU agrees<\/strong> diplomatic push for fossil fuel phase out ahead of Cop28<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this year, the Argentinian government sent a delegation to Brazil to secure gas sales from Vaca Muerta.<\/p>\n<p>President Lula has promised to gradually reduce fossil fuel use, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2022\/08\/18\/brazil-climate-election-forests-fossil-fuels-lula-bolsonaro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he said<\/a> he will support oil and gas production in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>Zugman said Brazil&#8217;s support for the pipeline would contradict Lula&#8217;s environmental policies.<\/p>\n<p>While Lula\u2019s government claims to prioritise the protection of indigenous people, supporting Vaca Muerta represents a threat to the Mapuche people in Patagonia, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) told Climate Home that it currently has no plan to finance oil and gas projects outside Brazil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez is seeking funding for an export pipeline that would channel Vaca Muerta&#8217;s gas to neighbouring countries","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":48218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,598,2456],"tags":[375,4044,482,519],"coauthors":[4985],"class_list":["post-48217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","category-fossil-fuels","category-south-america","tag-argentina","tag-fossil-fuels","tag-gas","tag-oil","type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - 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