Argentina’s YPF SA is aiming to sanction an LNG export project by the end of 2023, according to CFO Alejandro Lew.

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Lew and CEO Pablo Iuliano hosted a call to discuss the 51% state-owned oil and gas company’s third-quarter results.

YPF and Malaysian national oil company Petronas signed a memorandum of understanding on Sept. 1 to study the potential for an integrated liquefied natural gas export project in Argentina, home of the Vaca Muerta shale formation.

If the project moves forward, it would “probably require a dedicated gas pipeline,” Lew told analysts. This would be in addition to the Néstor Kirchner natural gas pipeline under development by the government.

Lew said, “we believe that clearly, we have already demonstrated the productivity of Vaca Muerta and...