据普氏能源资讯2019年7月17日,布宜诺斯艾利斯报道，阿根廷内乌昆州政府表示，阿根廷页岩油产量的激增为该国的炼油厂提供了更多的原料，有助于推高炼油厂的开工率。

阿根廷国家统计局(Indec)周一公布的统计数据显示，阿根廷炼油厂5月份平均开工率为78.3%，为7个月来的最高开工率。

内乌肯州政府在一份声明中表示，页岩油产量大幅增加是大型页岩远景区瓦卡姆尔塔（Vaca Muerta）“起飞”的直接结果。

阿根廷能源秘书处公布的最新统计数据显示，巴西5月份石油日产量从去年同期的48.5165万桶增加到了50.5651万桶，增幅4.2%。这个远景区的产量抵消了传统石油产量的下降，使得减少原油进口成为可能，现在炼油厂的开工率也提高了。

内乌肯州州长奥马尔·古铁雷斯在声明中说，事实上，瓦卡姆尔塔的产量增加已使该国停止原油进口，并开始出口原油。

李峻 编译自 Platts

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Argentina's shale oil production growth pushes up refinery run rates

Argentina's surging shale oil production is feeding more supplies to the country's refineries, helping to increase run rates, the Neuquen government said Wednesday.

Refineries operated at an average of 78.3% of capacity in May, the highest rate in seven months, the state statistics agency Indec reported Monday.

The government of Neuquen, home to most of the country's shale resources, said in a statement that the increase was a direct result of the "takeoff of Vaca Muerta," a giant shale play.

Vaca Muerta is leading a recovery in the country's oil production, which rose 4.2% to 505,651 b/d in May from 485,165 b/d a year earlier, according to the latest data from the Energy Secretariat. The play's output has been offsetting declines in conventional oil production, making it possible to reduce crude imports and now to step up run rates in refineries.

Indeed, Vaca Muerta's production growth has allowed the country to halt crude imports, which have not been made in more than a year, and to begin to export crude, Neuquen Governor Omar Gutierrez said in the statement.