YPF Comments On Rating Change By Fitch
(YPF, 19.Feb.2021) — In accordance with the requirements of the Argentine Securities Commission (CNV) Rules YPF informs that Fitch Ratings decided to raise the long-term issuer default rating of the...
Argentina’s Shale Ambitions Hang In Balance
(Bloomberg, 18.Feb.2021) — YPF SA, Argentina’s state-run oil company, needs to come up with more than $1 billion to spur drilling in Patagonia, where it’s leading development of the biggest...
Fitch Downgrades YPF’s IDRs To ‘RD’
(Fitch Ratings, 18.Feb.2021) — Fitch Ratings has downgraded YPF S.A.‘s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to ‘RD’ from ‘C’, due to the conclusion of its announced...
Statement From Bondholder Group On Argentina
(The Ad Hoc Group of Argentina Exchange Bondholders, 17.Feb.2021) — The Ad Hoc Group of Argentina Exchange Bondholders today released the below statement containing its views on the current economic...
YPF Reveals 4Q:20 Conference Call Date
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Feb.2021) — Argentina’s oil and gas giant YPF plans to announce results of operations for the fourth quarter 2020 and full year 2020 on 5 March 2021....
Golden’s Chairman Updates On Paraguay, Argentina
(Golden Arrow Resources Corp., 9.Feb.2021) — The New Year is underway, as President, CEO and Chairman of Golden Arrow Resources Corporation, I [Joseph Grosso] would like to share some comments...
YPF Sweetens $6.2 Bln Debt Deal Again After Offer Fails
(Reuters, 8.Feb.2021) — Argentine state energy giant YPF made a last-ditch improvement to its $6.2 billion debt restructuring offer to creditors late on Sunday and extended the deadline after the...
YPF’s Fourth Amendment To Exchange Offers
(YPF, 7.Feb.2021) — YPF Sociedad Anónima announced its decision to amend the terms and conditions of its amended and restated Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Memorandum dated 25 January 2021,...
Vaca Muerta Now Producing At Record Levels
(Rystad, 3.Feb.2021) — The oil production decline that the Covid-19 pandemic brought to Argentina’s Vaca Muerta formation now seems like a distant memory. The reserve’s oil output has not only...
Letter Of Support For YPF Exchange Offer For 2021
(YPF, 2.Feb.2021) — On 7 January 2021, YPF S.A. launched exchange offers in respect of all seven series of its notes (collectively, the "Exchange Offer"). The Exchange Offer was a...
Argentina’s Escobar Terminal To Reopen
(S&P Global Platts, 1.Feb.2021) — A federal judge in Argentina has lifted a more than three-month suspension of the country's only floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) after the government...
Argentine Finance Minister Seeks $44bn IMF Debt Deal
(Wall Street Journal, 30.Jan.2021) — With Argentina broke, Finance Minister Martín Guzmán is pushing for a deal by May with the International Monetary Fund to repay $44 billion in debt....
Moody’s Assigns Caa3 Rating To YPF’s Proposed Notes
(Moody's, 29.Jan.2021) — Moody's Investors Service assigned a Caa3 rating to YPF Sociedad Anónima's (YPF) proposed senior secured notes due 2026 and senior unsecured notes due 2029 and 2033. The...
YPF Bonds Rally After Sweetened Debt Offer
(Bloomberg, 26.Jan.2021) — Bonds of Argentine oil producer YPF SA climbed to a three-week high after the company improved a $6 billion restructuring offer. Stocks also jumped. YPF’s $540 million...
YPF Amends Second Exchange Offers
(YPF, 25.Jan.2021) — YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF) announced its decision to amend the terms and conditions of its Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitation initially described in its Exchange Offer and...
Driller Stuns Creditors As Argentina’s Dollars Dwindle
(Bloomberg, 19.Jan.2021) — In the 99 years since it was founded to pump the oil fields of Patagonia, Argentine energy driller YPF SA has been whipsawed by countless booms and busts. If...
FMC Updates 4Q:20 Outlook, Highlights Brazil, Argentina
(FMC, 19.Jan.2021) — FMC Corporation it is reducing its fourth quarter 2020 outlook. The company is proceeding through its quarterly close, and based on preliminary results expects fourth quarter revenue...
Crown Point And Centaurus Enter Into Term Sheet
(Crown Point, 7.Jan.2021) — Crown Point Energy Inc., a Calgary-based oil and gas company with Argentine upstream conventional oil and gas assets, and Centaurus Energy Inc., an independent, Canadian company...
YPFB And IEASA Ink Fifth Gas Addendum
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Jan.2020) — Bolivia’s state oil and gas entity Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Boliviano (YPFB) and Argentina’s IEASA signed onto a fifth addendum to a natural gas purchase and...
YPF Updates On Plan Gas 4
(YPF, 16.Dec.2020) — In compliance with the provisions set forth in article 73 of Law 26,831, YPF S.A. hereby informs the Audit Committee report is available to the shareholders at...
Biden White House Faces A Rising China
(Reuters, 14.Dec.2020) — Donald Trump was clear with Latin America during his four-year administration: don’t do business with China. The message failed to hit home. As President-elect Joe Biden readies...
Argentine And Bolivian Energy Ministers Discuss Gas
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Dec.2020) — Bolivia’s Hydrocarbons and Energy Minister Franklin Molina Ortiz held a virtual meeting with Argentina’s Energy Secretariat Darío Martínez to discuss issues related to a common...
Trenes Argentinos And IEASA Ink Renewable Deal
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Dec.2020) — Argentina’s Energy Secretariat Dario Martinez and the country’s Transport Minister Mario Meoni signed a collaboration deal to stimulate investments in electricity generation projects using renewable...
Argentina Draws 16 Bids For Subsidized Gas Supply
(Argus, 3.Dec.2020) — Argentina received bids from 16 companies in a path-breaking auction to supply more than 70mn m3/d of natural gas at subsidized wellhead prices for power generation in...
YPF Acquires Own Shares
(Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Nov.2020) — Argentina’s state-controlled oil and gas entity YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF) acquired its own shares in the market (articles 64 and related articles of the Capital...
Envision Commissions Wind Farm In Argentina
(Envision, 18.Nov.2020) — Envision Energy, a leading green tech company today announced the commissioning of Vientos Del Secano, a 50-megawatt wind farm in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. This...
Argentina Offers Profit Repatriation For Gas Investment
(Argus, 17.Nov.2020) — Argentina's government is offering hard currency access to energy companies that sign up to a new program designed to stimulate natural gas production through state-subsidized wellhead prices....
Pampa Energía Announces Quarterly Results
(Pampa Energía, 11.Nov.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...
YPF Reports $482mn Net Loss In 3Q:20
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Nov.2020) — Argentina’s state-controlled YPF announced operating and financial results for the third quarter of 2020. What follows is a summary of key data. MAIN HIGHLIGHTS OF...
YPF Faces Mountain Of Debt Payments
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Nov.2020) — Argentina’s state owned oil and gas entity YPF will face around $8.05bn in debt payments between the fourth quarter of 2020 and 2026 and beyond....
Argentina And Chile Briefs: IMF Debt, Pension Reform
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Nov.2020) — Briefs on Argentina and Chile related to IMF officials in Argentina to renegotiate around $44bn in debt and tensions rise in Chile over pension reform....
YPF To Boost Output In The Rincón del Mangrullo Block
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Nov.2020) — Argentina’s YPF plans to drill 24 wells in the Rincón del Mangrullo Block at two unconventional developments between now and 2021. The developments on the...
Argentina’s Gas Output At 125.5 MMcm/d Thru August
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Nov.2020) — Argentina’s production of natural gas averaged 125.5 million cubic meters per day (MMcm/d) or 4.43 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in the eight months...
Argentina’s Oil Output At 483,453 B/D Thru August
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Nov.2020) — Argentina’s production of crude oil averaged 483,453 barrels per day in the eight months between January and August of 2020, according to data from the...
YPF Fuels Wins Top TierTM Certification
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Nov.2020) — Fuels produced by Argentina’s YPF again won the Top TierTM international certification, which is promoted by the ten most important automotive companies in the North...
Seeds Energy Inaugurates Biogas Plant
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Oct.2020) — Seeds Energy Group remotely inaugurated its biogas plant located in Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe where it plans investments of $12mn. The plant will contribute 2...
Neuquén Targets 80 Rigs By March 2021: Gutiérrez Says
(Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Oct.2020) — Argentina’s Neuquén Province Governor Omar Gutiérrez said joint work by companies and workers will allow the region to achieve a growth path that will allow...
Compañia Argentina de Comodoro Buys NGX’s Interests In Argentina
(NGX Energy, 20.Oct.2020) — NGX Energy International Corp. (formerly CruzSur Energy Corp.) accepted an offer from Compañia Argentina de Comodoro Rivadavia Explotacion de Petróleo S.A. and Financier S.A. (the "Purchaser")...
Exmar Inks $150mn Agreement With YPF
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Oct.2020) — Belgium-based Exmar reached a $150mn settlement with Argentina’s state-controlled YPF SA related to a dispute under the Tango FLNG agreements. In the deal, YPF will...
Córdoba Eyes Higher Biofuel Demand, Exports To Brazil
(Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Oct.2020) — The Córdoba province government of Juan Schiaretti continues to advance varied measures that seek to benefit the region’s biofuels sector. Schiaretti’s government is promoting a...
YPF Releases Audit Committee Report
(Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Oct.2020) — Pursuant to the regulations of the National Securities Commission or the Comisión Nacional de Valores and the terms of Article 73 of Law No. 26,831,...
Eleven Rigs Reactivated In The Vaca Muerta In Neuquén
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Oct.2020) — Argentina’s Neuquén Ministry of Energy data reveal 11 drilling rigs have been reactivated in the province, and all targeting the Vaca Muerta formation. Of the...
YPF And Oil Unions Agree To 16.2% Salary Rise
Oil unions in Argentina reached an agreement with state oil and gas entity YPF for a salary increase of 16.2% over basic salaries as of March 2019 and which will be “non-remunerative” and payable from 1 September 2020.
Heard On The Street: Argentina’s Gas Dilemma
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Sep.2020) — If Argentina is unable to boost its natural gas production, piped gas imports from Bolivia as well as liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports injected from...
Argentine Gas Imports Were 42.2 MMcm/d In July 2020
(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Sep.2020) — Argentina’s imports of natural gas from liquefied natural gas (LNG) and piped gas from Bolivia reached 42.2 million cubic meters per day (MMcm/d) in July...
YPF Prepares For Fuel Updates Between Oct.-Dec.
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Sep.2020) — YPF, the largest company in Argentina, will increase its fuel prices between now and year end. Two or three price increments are planned, at the...
Investors Pull Plug On Argentina’s Prized Shale Play
(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...
The Threat Of Oil Nationalism In Argentina
(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...
YPF To Restart Shale Drilling In Argentina
(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...
Argentina Puts Priority On Boosting Oil, Gas Exports
(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...
Argentina’s Shale Province Predicts Slow Recovery
(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...
Exxon Gets Concession For Los Toldos II Oeste Oil Block
(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...
Traders Are Already Betting On Argentina’s Next Default
(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...
Oil Cos. Wonder If It’s Worth Looking For Oil Anymore
(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...
YPF Comments On Refinería del Norte SA
The report includes an opinion relating to provision agreements for transportation, storage and dispatch services by multi-pipeline and fuel transportation services with Refinería del Norte SA, YPF Market Relations Officer Santiago Wesenack said.
ExxonMobil Secures Another LT Vaca Muerta Concession
(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 Energía’s Financial Results Thru 30 June 2020
(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...
Shell Argentina CEO Sean Rooney’s EconoJournal Q&A
(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...
IMF’s Head Congratulates Argentina On Debt Deal
(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...
Ad Hoc Argentine Bond Group On Debt Deal
(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...
BA Province Extends Invitation Memorandum
(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 Announces Expiration Of Offer For Senior Notes
(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...
Argentine Court Rejects Ecuadorian Judgment Against Chevron
(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 Press Briefing On Nigeria, Argentina
(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...
Fernandez To Creditors: ‘We Can’t Do Any More’
(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 Reports Early Exchange Offer Participation
(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...
Argentina Axes $2bn Vaca Muerta Gas Pipeline
(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...
Argentina’s YPF Announces Exchange Offering
(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%...
Will Argentina’s Oil Industry Survive This Crisis?
(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’s Exchange Offer For $1bn 8.5% Senior Notes
(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")...
Argentina’s Subsidy Not Enough To Boost Production
(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...
Argentina Puts Damper On Oil Demand, Production
(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...
YPF Issues Force Majeure Notice On Tango FLNG
(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...
Argentina Weighs New Price Subsidy, Freezes Gas Tariffs
(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...
Bolivia Boosts Gas Exports To Argentina
(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...