Overview
- Distributors in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area have suspended interrumpible compressed natural gas (GNC) supply until further notice, restricting stations that lack firm gas quotas.
- Camuzzi confirmed the cuts on Monday and said there is no defined end date, with normalization dependent on warmer weather and restored pipeline pressure.
- Energy specialists say the shortage stems from transport and pipeline capacity limits during winter peaks rather than a shortfall in gas production, so the system must prioritize real-time residential demand.
- The suspension is causing long queues at the remaining service stations, hitting taxi drivers and other workers who depend on GNC, and forcing some industries such as ladrilleras to cut gas use by about 30 percent.
- This is the fourth cold-induced restriction this season, reflecting limited large-scale gas storage and a dispatch rule that legally ranks homes and essential services above interrumpible and some industrial users.