Overview
- Distributors nationwide restricted supply to customers with 'interrumpible' contracts and some nonpriority users, and the measures remain in place until further notice to guarantee gas for homes, hospitals and schools.
- Enargas reported total demand near 155.5 million m3/day with household use about 80.4 million m3 on June 22, a jump that pushed system pressure to critical levels.
- Industry leaders say the problem is transport capacity, not production, because Vaca Muerta output cannot be moved fast enough through existing pipelines and regasification points.
- State firm Enarsa opened a tender for additional LNG shipments to cover arriving cargoes, including vessels due in late June and later this winter, to supplement local supplies.
- The cuts are producing long queues and protests in places like La Plata, firms that pay for firm supply report partial reductions, and industry and station federations have filed complaints seeking contract review and compensation.