(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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 — […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bolivia Eyes Ramp Up In Gas Exports To Brazil, Argentina
(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 […]
Echo Provides Update On Santa Cruz Sur Assets
(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 […]
Shell Suspends Vaca Muerta Ops After Seismic Activity
(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 […]
Argentina Defaults On Bonds As Debt Talks Heat Up
(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 […]
Argentina Props Up Oil Price At Cost To Producers
(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 […]