Argentina: Unconventional Activity Update

(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 […]

Pampa Energia To Host Video Conference

(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 […]

YPF Names New CEO As Vaca Muerta Faces Setback

(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 […]

Argentina’s YPF SA Files Form 20-F

(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 […]

Argentina Plans Higher Local Oil Price

(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 […]

Collapsing Demand Sets Terms In OPEC+ Battle

(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 […]

Brazil’s MME Names Energy Secretariat

(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 […]

YPF Inks Deals With Ministries For Truckers

(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 […]

YPF Head Warns Of Difficult Times

(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 […]

LatAm NRG Producers Sweat To Cover Costs

(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 […]

YPF Suspending Noncritical Activities

(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 […]

YPF Reports Record One Day Fractures

(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 […]

Pampa Reveals Conference Call Details

(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 […]

Pampa Energía Announces Year-end Results

(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 […]

Neuquén Provincial Govt Seeks Minimum $50/bbl Price

(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 […]

Echo Energy Extends Existing £1mn Loan

(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 […]

IMF Staff Statement On Argentina

(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 […]

President Updates On Trafigura Subscription

(President Energy, 20.Jan.2020) — President Energy plc reports on subscription for new ordinary shares by Trafigura, conversion of debt into equity and immediate reduction of […]

Esteban Kiper Appointed GM At CAMMESA

(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 12.Dec.2019) — Mr. Esteban Kiper was appointed as General Manager of the Electric Market Management Company or CAMMESA, during an […]

Argentina’s Shale Boom Hits New Milestone

(Oilprice.com, Irina Slav, 10.Dec.2019) — YPF, the Argentine state energy company, has drilled the longest horizontal oil well lateral, at 3,890 meters, or more than […]

Vista, YPF Win Vaca Muerta Licenses

(S&P Global Platts, 3.Dec.2019) — Argentina’s Neuquen province awarded development licenses to Vista Oil & Gas and YPF in Vaca Muerta, a giant shale play […]

Moody’s Ends YPF Review

(Moody’s, 15.Nov.2019) — Moody’s Investors Service completed a periodic review of the ratings of YPF Sociedad Anonima and other ratings that are associated with the […]