The government is trying to negotiate a railroad extension that would connect the shale oil reservoir Vaca Muerta to one of Argentina’s main ports in Bahía Blanca. The expansion of the railroad structure will lower costs for the arrival of inputs and increase transport capacity up to six times. The government’s current priority is the section that reaches Vaca Muerta — 83 kilometers of new railroad. Vaca Muerta aims to reach a rate of one million oil barrels per day. While in 2018 Vaca Muerta was estimated to require 985,000 tonnes, by 2030 the demand through railroad transport is expected to be 2.73 million tonnes.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald October 06, 2023 21:58 UTC