Argentina facing winter of oil worker discontent
Argentina is importing LNG via its Bahía Blanca terminal to meet demand. (Enarsa)
The threat of strike action will hang over Argentina’s gas supply during the southern hemisphere winter, a source close to the government has told Interfax Natural Gas Daily. Disruptions to any of the country’s three main supply sources – domestic production, piped imports and LNG – is likely to result in rationing.
"The situation with the country’s oil unions is volatile and that threatens gas supply," a source close to state-run YPF, who wanted to remain anonymous, said on Monday. "We saw last month that strikes have the potential to reduce gas supply by over 10% of total consumption."