(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 prices. Affronti built his career in Argentine oilfields in the Mendoza and Neuquen provinces, and in the Gulf of San […]
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Argentina’s Shale Boom On Hold As Oil Prices Collapse
(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 to tumbling fuel demand in Argentina’s lockdown, local news outlet Rio Negro reports. Fuel demand in Argentina, under lockdown since […]
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 consumption, announced YPF CEO Daniel González in a video shared with employees of the Argentine oil company, and in which he warned the company’s income […]
Equinor And YPF Ink Offshore Exploration Deal
(Equinor, 21.Aug.2019) — Equinor’s executive vice president for Exploration, Tim Dodson, and YPF’s CEO Daniel Gonzalez have signed an agreement to jointly explore the CAN 100 offshore block, located in the North Argentinian Basin. The preliminary agreement, which was signed at Equinor’s office in Oslo, Norway, sets the core terms […]
YPF To Spend Billions To Boost Oil And Gas Output
(Reuters, Eliana Raszewski, Hugh Bronstein, 26.Oct.2018) — Argentina’s state-controlled oil company, YPF, will significantly boost oil and gas production, investing between $4 billion and $5 billion per year through 2022, Chief Executive Daniel Gonzalez told Reuters on Friday. It plans to raise production by between 5 percent and 7 percent […]