HOUSTON, TEXAS (Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.May.2025) — Argentina’s new investment incentive regime for large investments, known as RIGI by its Spanish acronym, will play a key role in the development of the country’s infrastructure necessary for the Vaca Muerta shale play to reach its potential by the end of this decade.
The Vaca Muerta alone has technically recoverable shale resources ranking among the world’s largest — 308 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas and 16.2 Bn bbls of crude oil. These resources could easily anchor Argentina’s efforts to mature into a regional, if not, global energy exporting powerhouse.
