Argentina’s YPF cedes 50% interest offshore to Norway’s Equinor

(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 7.Apr.2020) — Argentina’s government authorized state oil company YPF to move forward with a transfer of a 50% interest in an offshore exploration permit to the Norwegian oil giant Equinor.

Details of the deal were confirmed by Argentina’s Energy Secretariat, led by Sergio Lanziani, through publication of Resolution 55/2020 in the Official Gazette, reported Neuquén local media Río Negro.