Exclusive-Argentina negotiating gas imports from Bolivia, Chile as heat wave stokes demand
Published on: Friday 17 January 2025
Bolivia and Chile are in talks to restart gas exports to Argentina amid a surge in demand spurred by a summer heat wave, underscoring the challenge for the government in Buenos Aires as it looks to become energy self-sufficient. "We are in a negotiation with Argentina to create a spot contract," the chief of Bolivia's state-run energy firm YPFB, Armin Dorgathen Tapia, told Reuters on Friday by phone. Chilean authorities on Friday also said in a statement to Reuters that they expect to reach a new agreement with Argentina to supply the country's remote north.
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