(Oilprice.com, 19.Sep.2020) — Much ink has been spilled about the downfall and dubious recovery of the United States shale oil sector. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude benchmark’s dramatic rock...
(Oilprice.com, 6.Sep.2020) — Latin America has a long history of resource nationalism, particularly when it comes to petroleum. Since the end of World War Two, this has acted as a...
(Argus, 4.Sep.2020) — Argentina's state-controlled YPF will resume drilling activity in the country's Vaca Muerta shale formation after an almost six-month pause resulting from pandemic restrictions. YPF will begin operating...
(S&P Global Platts, 28.Aug.2020) — Argentina's new energy secretary Dario Martinez plans to promote oil and natural gas production with a view to increasing exports as part of a strategy...
(Argus, 25.Aug.2020) — Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale patch will take 12-18 months to resume pre-Covid-19 activity because of lagging demand, according to Alejandro Monteiro, energy minister of Neuquen province. "We...
(Zacks Equity Research, 19.Aug.2020) — Exxon Mobil Corporation was recently granted concession by the Neuquen provincial government for exploratory activities in another block, Los Toldos II Oeste, in the prolific...
(Bloomberg, 18.Aug.2020) — In the next few weeks, if all goes as scripted, Argentine officials will put the finishing touches on a bond restructuring deal and bring an end to...
(Bloomberg, 16.Aug.2020) — A few dots near the bottom corner of the world map in the southern Atlantic, the Falkland Islands were once at the forefront of a new era...
(Argus, 14.Aug.2020) — ExxonMobil has been awarded a 35-year concession for another block in Vaca Muerta, a massive shale play that has been driving the company's growth in oil and...
(Pampa, 11.Aug.2020) — Pampa Energía S.A., the largest independent energy integrated company in Argentina, with active participation in the country's electricity and gas value chain, announces the results for the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Aug.2020) — Shell Argentina President Sean Rooney discussed his company’s operations in Argentina amid the Covid-19 pandemic, including commenting on continued and future development of the Vaca...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Aug.2020) — International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva sent out a congratulations to President Alberto Fernandez, Minister Martin Guzman and Argentina’s main creditor groups on reaching...
(White & Case, 4.Aug.2020) — "We are pleased to have reached an agreement in principle with Argentina for a proposal that will provide the country with the necessary economic relief...
(The Province of Buenos Aires, 3.Aug.2020) — The Province of Buenos Aires announced that it has further extended the expiration of its invitation made to holders of certain eligible bonds...
(YPF, 31.Jul.2020) — YPF S.A. announced today the results as of the Expiration Date (as defined below) with respect to its previously announced exchange offer to exchange any and all...
(Chevron, 31.Jul.2020) — Argentina’s highest court unanimously rejected the plaintiffs’ final bid to enforce a fraudulent $9.5 billion Ecuadorian judgment against Chevron Corporation. This is the latest in a string...
(IMF, 23.Jul.2020) — Transcript of International Monetary Fund (IMF) press briefing on Nigeria, Argentina, and other countries. MR. RICE: Good morning everyone and welcome to this press briefing on behalf...
(FT.com, 19.Jul.2020) —Alberto Fernández, Argentina’s president, has made an impassioned appeal for the world to accept that — with an economy devastated by coronavirus — he cannot budge from his...
(YPF, 17.Jul.2020) — YPF S.A. announced results of the Early Participation Date (as defined below) with respect to its previously announced exchange offer to exchange any and all of its...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Jul.2020) — The Vaca Muerta gas pipeline, one of the most ambitious projects of the government of Argentina’s former President Mauricio Macri, was suspended indefinitely by Energy...
(YPF, 13.Jul.2020) — Argentina’s state oil company YPF Sociedad Anónima announced 13 July 2020 changes to a debt exchange offering. The offering consists of the following: (i) Class XIII 8.500%...
(Oilprice.com, 6.Jul.2020) — Throughout the 2010s Argentina’s shale deposits were universally listed alongside the US shale gale, denoting the many similarities Vaca Muerta shares with Eagle Ford in particular and...
(YPF, 2.Jul.2020) — YPF Sociedad Anónima commenced an exchange offer for any and all of its outstanding US$1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.500% Senior Notes due 2021 (the "Old Notes")...
(GlobalData, 29.Jun.2020) — Adrian Lara, Senior Oil & Gas Analyst at GlobalData, commented on announcements from Argentina’s government to implement a new plan for subsidizing oil and gas production in...
(S&P Global Platts, 26.Jun.2020) — Argentina has extended a 99-day-old economic lockdown for three more weeks to try to contain a surge in coronavirus cases, including by tightening restrictions on...
(Reuters, 26.Jun.2020) — Belgian shipping company Exmar has said that it had received a force majeure notice from Argentine oil company YPF SA under charter and services deals for the...
(WoodMac, 24.Jun.2920) — Gas pricing and market regulation are again under discussion in Argentina. The coronavirus pandemic has weakened an already vulnerable economy, with the impact felt in the gas...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Jun.2020) — Bolivia’s state oil company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) increased, as of 1 June, natural gas exports requested by Integración Energética Argentina S.A. (IEASA) to...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Jun.2020) — Bolivia’s state oil and gas entity Yacimientos Petrolifos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) has boosted natural gas exports as of 1 June 2020 as requested by Integración...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Jun.2020) — Echo Energy has a portfolio of five production concessions in the Austral Basin, Santa Cruz province. The company provided an update on its Santa Cruz...
(Reuters, 7.Jun.2020) — Oil company Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it has suspended operations at its Bajada de Añelo site in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta area after seismic activity in the...
(Reuters, 22.May.2020) — Argentina missed payments on around $500 million in already delayed bond coupons on Friday, creditors and a ratings agency said, marking the country’s ninth sovereign default amid...
(Argus, 19.May.2020) — A new decree in Argentina that establishes above-market prices for domestic crude obliges oil companies to maintain production, payrolls and investment and prevents them from repatriating profits....
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.May.2020) — Korean Ambassador Jang Myung-soo visited the Loma Campana field, where production comes from the Vaca Muerta formation, together with personnel from state controlled YPF, as...
(Reuters, 19.May.2020) — Argentina's government set the local crude oil reference price at $45 per barrel on Tuesday in a bid to protect the country's hard-hit sector from the impact...
(S&P Global Platts, 18.May.2020) — Argentina's move to set a $45/b domestic crude oil reference price this week has brought cheer to some oil producers, but analysts say it may...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 12.May.2020) — Argentina’s state controlled oil and gas producer YPF highlighted its principal debt amortization schedule from 2020 and beyond. Approximately 80% of the company’s...
(Pampa, 12.May.2020) — Pampa Energía S.A., the largest independent energy integrated company in Argentina, with active participation in the country's electricity and gas value chain, announces the results for the...
(Motley Fool, 12.May.2020) — Executives with Argentina’s state oil company YPF conducted a first quarter of 2020 conference call with analyst. A full transcript of the call follows. Contents: Prepared...
(IHS, 12.May.2020) — The year 2020 has been filled with surprises as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads worldwide, leaving many homebound, resulting in a negative impact for many industries and ultimately...
(Pampa, 12.May.2020) — Pampa Energía S.A. will host a videoconference to discuss its Q1 20 results on Wednesday May 13, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time / 11:00 a.m....
(Argus, 11.May.2020) — Argentina will restore artificially high domestic crude prices in an effort to jumpstart its stalled shale play following the March oil price crash and pandemic-driven demand collapse....
(Bloomberg, 7.May.2020) — West Texas Intermediate has been gaining since its history-making crash in the U.S. last month, trading at around $25. Brent crude has been practically soaring, touching $30...
(Upstream, 1.May.2020) — Argentine oil company YPF has appointed industry veteran Sergio Affronti as chief executive, replacing Daniel Gonzalez, amid headwinds from the coronavirus pandemic and the collapse in oil...
(TGS, 29.Apr.2020) — Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A. today it filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 (the "2019 Annual Report")...
(YPF, 24.Apr.2020) — YPF SA announced that it has filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, with the US Securities and Exchange...
(Reuters, 23.Apr.2020) — Argentina plans to issue a decree setting a higher local oil barrel price to protect the domestic industry from being further decimated by a collapse in global...
(Argus, 19.Apr.2020) — Raizen has suspended operations at its 110,000 b/d Buenos Aires refinery in response to the plunge in oil demand caused by coronavirus restrictions. Raizen, a joint venture...
(Bloomberg, 15.Apr.2020) — Argentina registered to issue more than $50 billion in new debt as it prepares to make a painful restructuring offer to holders of its sovereign bonds. The...
(Echo Energy, 14.Apr.2020) — Echo Energy updated on its production and operations, and on progress in relation to cost reduction and cash management initiatives to ensure cash flow positive operations...
(Oilprice.com, 10.Apr.2020) — Argentina’s state-held energy firm YPF slashed by 50 percent the oil production from its key development area in the vast Vaca Muerta shale play this week due...
(Reuters, 9.Apr.2020) — Argentine state energy firm YPF has cut production by around half at its giant Vaca Muerta shale development Loma Campana due to a slump in demand amid...
(Vista, 9.Apr.2020) — Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. will release its interim consolidated financial statements for the first quarter of 2020 on Tuesday, 28 April 2020. The company...
(Global Business Reports, 9.Apr.2020) — Twenty years ago it was impossible to think about an off-grid natural gas network. Today, Africa can build it with our innovative and efficient technologies,...
(WoodMac, 9.Apr.2020) — Since OPEC+’s failure to agree on production restraint on 5-6 March, the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic have become far clearer, sparking a crisis in the oil...
(OPEC, 9.Apr.2020) — Delivered by HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, OPEC Secretary General, at the 9th (Extraordinary) OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting, 9 April 2020, via webinar. Excellencies, Over the course...
(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...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 6.Apr.2020) — Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) named José Mauro Ferreira as the agency’s new Energy Secretariat, replacing Renata Isfer. Details of the...
(Bloomberg, 1.Apr.2020) — Just a bit more than 3 weeks ago, the head of Argentina’s state-run driller outlined an aggressive $1.8 billion spending plan for 2020 in the country’s Vaca...
(Reuters, 27.Mar.2020) — Demand for refined products in Latin America is quickly drying up as the coronavirus pandemic worsens, leaving U.S. refiners without their primary export destination as the virus...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 25.Mar.2020) — YPF President Guillermo Nielsen signed an agreement with the representatives from Argentina’s ministries of Transportation, Security, Health, Interior and Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries;...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 24.Mar.2020) — The effects of social, preventive and compulsory isolation are beginning to be reflected in the drop in energy consumption, announced YPF CEO Daniel...
(Reuters, 24.Mar.2020) — A price war between the world's oil powerhouses is leaving many producers in Latin American struggling to cover production costs, boosting chances of output cuts and investment...
(IMF, 20.Mar.2020) — At the request of the Argentine authorities and reflecting close collaboration with them, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released today a technical note prepared by IMF staff...
(Reuters, 20.Mar.2020) — Argentine state-run energy firm YPF said on Thursday it will gradually suspend activities not critical to its business, and will scale down staff to a minimum at...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 18.Mar.2020) — Argentina’s state oil company YPF announced positive results in regards its development of the country’s Vaca Muerta unconventional resources located in the Neuquén...
(Pampa Energía, 10.Mar.2020) — Pampa Energía S.A. announced it would hold a conference call to discuss its Q4 19 results on Wednesday 11 March 2020 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard...
(Argus, 10.Mar.2020) — The oil price collapse is prompting Argentina to revive state intervention to protect the domestic oil industry. The national government is putting the brakes on imports of...
(Pampa Energía, 10.Mar.2020) — Pampa Energía S.A., the largest independent energy integrated company in Argentina, with active participation in the country's electricity and gas value chain, announces the results for...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 10.Mar.2020) — Officials from Argentina’s Neuquén Province has requested formal meetings be held with the Energy Secretariat of Argentina’s government and authorities of hydrocarbon-producing provinces...
(Echo, 6.Mar.2020) — Echo Energy, the Latin American focused upstream oil and gas company, provides an update on production and operations following the Company's recent acquisition of a 70% non-operated...
(IMF, 19.Feb.2020) — An IMF team, led by Julie Kozack Deputy Director of the Western Hemisphere Department and Luis Cubeddu Mission chief for Argentina, visited Buenos Aires [1] from February...
(S&P Global Platts, 18.Feb.2020) — Argentina plans to lift controls on power and natural gas tariffs as soon as June, a senior government official said, in a move seen as...
(Reuters, 31.Jan.2020) — Oil firms Equinor and Shell have signed a preliminary agreement with Argentina state energy firm YPF to acquire an additional 11% participation in the Bandurria Sur region...
(Equinor, 31.Jan.2020) — Equinor and its partner Shell have completed a joint acquisition of the 49% interest held by Schlumberger in the Bandurria Sur onshore block in Argentina’s Neuquén province....
