(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 7.Jun.2016) – Argentina established a ceiling for subsidized gas invoices at 400 percent for private entities, and 500 percent for […]
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Executive Profile: YPF New CEO Ricardo Darré
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 6.Jun.2016) – Ricardo Darré will assume the position of CEO at YPF on July 1, 2016, taking over the helm […]
ExxonMobil to Invest $10 Billion In Vaca Muerta
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 3.Jun.2016) – U.S.-based ExxonMobil plans to invest $10 billion over the next 20 years in the Vaca Muerta area in […]
YPF, Enap Sipetrol to Invest $165 Mln in Magallanes
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 3.Jun.2016) – YPF and Enap Sipetrol plan to invest $165 million to boost production in the Magallanes field offshore. The […]
Moody’s Affirms YPF’s B3 Rating
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 2.Jun.2016) – Moody’s affirmed YPF Sociedad Anonima’s B3 issuer rating. YPF’s B3 BCA (Baseline Credit Assessment) and its Baa1.ar national […]
Enargas Mandates Complexes To Reduce Gas Demand
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 1.Jun.2016) – Union protests in Tierra del Fuego as well as climatic conditions have made it impossible to bring in […]
Argentina Launches RenovAr Plan
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 31.May.2016) – The Argentine government launched its so-called National Renewable Energies Plan or RenovAr. The plan contemplates installing nearly 1,000 […]
Saesa Says 15 Wind Projects Ready For Construction
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 31.May.2016) – Energy company Saesa announced that at least 15 wind park projects are ready to be built in Argentina, […]
PDVSA to Divest of Petrolera del Cono Sur In Argentina
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 23.May.2016) – A group of Argentina businessmen plan to buy the assets of Petrolera del Cono Sur, a subsidiary of […]
Enarsa to Import Gas From Chile
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 23.May.2016) – Argentina’s state oil company Enarsa signed a contract to purchase natural gas from Chile at a price 53 […]
Bolivia Exported 24 MMcm/d to Brazil
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 19.May.2016) – Bolivian exports to Brazil reached 24 million cubic meters per day on May 12, 2016 compared to 30 […]
Chile Started Gas Exports to Argentina
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.May.2016) — Chile shipped its first molecules of natural gas to Argentina on 17 May 2016, owing to an agreement between both […]
Approval of Sale of Petrobras Argentina
(Petrobras, 13.May.2016) – Petrobras announced that its Board of Directors approved the sale of its entire 67.19 percent interest in Petrobras Argentina (PESA), owned by […]
Argentina Interested in Buying Excess Gas from Punta De Sayago
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 11.May.2016) – The government of Uruguay continues to move forward with agreements to secure markets for natural gas to come […]
Petrobras Reports on Negotiations for Sale of Petrobras Argentina
(Petrobras, 8.May.2016) – Petrobras, regarding the sale of its stake in Petrobras Argentina, as disclosed in the Material Fact on February 3, 2016, would like […]
YPF Announces Plans for 20 Areas in Río Negro, Chubut
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 7.May.2016) – YPF plans to divest of as many as 20 areas in Argentina where the company has a partial […]
Argentina to Pay Galuccio $72 Mln Pesos to Leave YPF
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 5.May.2016) – The government of President Mauricio Macri will pay 72 million Argentine pesos to Miguel Galuccio as part of […]
Moody’s Upgrades Argentine Corporate Issuers
(Moody’s, 21.Apr.2016) – Moody’s Investors Service upgraded ratings of several companies with operations in Argentina, with the outlook changed to stable from positive. The rating […]
Battery-hungry World Turns to South America’s ‘Lithium Triangle’
(Reuters, 15.Mar.2016) — Far from the soy and cattle that dominate its vast fertile pampas, Argentina harbors another valuable commodity that is rocketing in price […]
Moody’s Withdraws Pan America Rating
(Moody’s Investor Service, 9.Sep.2015) – Moody’s Latin America Agente de Calificación de Riesgo has withdrawn the Aa1.ar National Local Currency rating for the Senior Unsecured […]
Elevated Corporate Risks in Argentina
(Moody’s Investor Service, 16.Jul.2015) – Economic stagnation, a difficult political environment and heightened volatility in financial markets with the approach of presidential elections will be […]
Moody’s Covenant on YPF Bond Offering
(Moody’s, 20.May.2015) – Moody’s Investors Service assigned an overall covenant quality score of 3.37 to YPF Sociedad Anónima’s $1,500 million 8.500% Senior Notes due 2025. […]
Moody’s Confirms Petrobras Argentina Notes
(Moody’s, 28.Apr.2015) – Moody’s Latin America Agente de Calificación de Riesgo confirmed the Ba2/Aaa.ar global scale rating and national scale rating on Petrobras Argentina S.A.’s […]
Baker Hughes Announces 1Q:15 LatAm Results
(Baker Hughes Incorporated, 21.Apr.2015) – Baker Hughes Incorporated announced results for the first quarter of 2015. Latin America revenue was $493 million for the 1Q:15, […]
Petrobras Reports Sale of Assets in Argentina
(Petrobras, 31.Mar.2015) – The Board of Directors of Petrobras Argentina (PESA) approved the sale of all of its assets in the Austral Basin (province of […]
Moody’s Rates YPF’s Proposed Global Notes
(Global Credit Research, 4.Feb.2015) – Moody’s Investors Service assigned a Caa1 global foreign currency rating to YPF Sociedad Anonima’s (YPF)’s proposed $750 million in aggregate […]
Apco Completes $470 Mln Merger
(Apco Oil and Gas International Inc., 29.Jan.2015) – Apco Oil and Gas International Inc. completed its merger with Pluspetrol Black River Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary […]
WPX Completes Exit of International Interests
(WPX Energy Inc., 29.Jan.2015) – WPX Energy completed the disposition of its international interests upon the successful merger of Apco Oil and Gas International (APAGF) […]
Apco Shareholder’s Approve Pluspetrol Merger
(Apco Oil and Gas International Inc., 26.Jan.2015) – Apco Oil and Gas International Inc. announced that its shareholders, at an extraordinary general meeting held on […]
Apco Obtains Concession Extension in Argentina
(Apco Oil and Gas International Inc., 6.Jan.2015) – Apco Oil and Gas International Inc. announced that the Argentine province of Rio Negro has agreed to […]
Chevron, YPF Continue Vaca Muerta Development
(Chevron 10.Apr.2014) — Chevron Corporation confirmed that subsidiaries of the company have signed agreements with the Argentine oil company YPF S.A. to continue development of […]
Non-Conventional Extraction Process Explained [Video]
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 16.Jan.2014) – Argentina’s Vaca Muerta formation in the Neuquén Basin is best known for its shale oil and gas. The […]
LatAmNRG: Heard On The Street 3Q:13
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Sep.2013) – Information in this section, provided by Energy Analytics Institute editors and reporters, is hearsay and thus should be treated as […]
Argentina Says Oil Output Insufficient
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 13.Sep.2013) – The Argentine government announced production of oil is insufficient to supply the country’s refineries. “We are lacking light […]