据路透社2023年7月17日报道，一份文件草案显示，欧盟时下正在考虑从阿根廷进口天然气，天然气净进口国阿根廷计划扩大国内天然气生产。
双方计划于周一签署的谅解备忘录草案称，任何天然气贸易都不应影响阿根廷自身的消费需求，以及双方遏制气候变化的目标。
路透社看到的这份文件草案称，“参与者努力合作，以实现从阿根廷向欧盟稳定交付液化天然气”。这份文件可能会在公布前进行修改。
欧盟委员会（European Commission）拒绝就这份文件草案置评。
阿根廷能源短缺，这意味着它需要在消耗最多的月份进口燃料。去年，阿根廷的能源贸易逆差为50亿美元。
但是，这个拥有世界第二大非常规天然气储量的国家，正在扩大位于巴塔哥尼亚(Patagonia)页岩地层瓦卡姆尔塔页岩远景区的页岩气产量。
但欧盟也预计，在寻求实现气候变化目标的过程中，到本十年结束前，其天然气使用量将下降。欧盟表示，大部分天然气供应应该用清洁能源取代，而不是化石燃料。
独立气候智库E3G项目负责人丽莎·费舍尔呼吁欧盟重点支持阿根廷发展可再生能源和其他不会导致气候变化的解决方案。
费舍尔说：“当阿根廷的天然气投入使用时，他们甚至没有完整的出口基础设施来向欧洲出口天然气，我认为欧盟将不再需要这些天然气。”
文件草案称，双方将在可再生能源和氢燃料领域开展合作，并努力减少天然气供应链中的甲烷排放。
李峻 译自 路透社
原文如下：
EU considers gas imports from Argentina
The European Union is considering possible gas imports from Argentina, which is a net gas importer but plans to expand domestic production, a draft document showed.
A draft memorandum of understanding, which the two sides plan to sign on Monday, said any gas trade should not impact Argentina's own consumption needs, and the two sides' targets to curb climate change.
"The participants endeavor to cooperate towards enabling a stable delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Argentina to the European Union," said the document, seen by Reuters, which could be changed before it is published.
The European Commission declined to comment on the draft.
Argentina has an energy deficit, meaning it needs to import fuel during the months when it consumes the most. It registered a $5-B energy trade balance deficit in 2022.
But the country, which has the world's second largest unconventional gas reserves, is expanding production at Vaca Muerta, a shale formation in Patagonia.
But the EU also expects its gas use to fall by the end of the decade as it seeks to meet climate change goals. It has said the majority of gas supplies should be replaced with clean sources of energy, not fossil fuels.
Lisa Fischer, Program Lead at climate think tank E3G, called on the EU to focus on supporting Argentina in developing renewable energy and other solutions that do not cause climate change.
"By the time the Argentinean gas comes online - and they don't even have the full export infrastructure to do so [to export gas to Europe] - I don't think the European Union will need that gas any longer," Fischer said.
The draft document said the two sides would work together in the areas of renewable energy and hydrogen fuel, and endeavor to cut methane emissions in their gas supply chains.
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