(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 two drilling rigs in Vaca Muerta over the next two weeks, chief executive Sergio Affronti said today. The rigs will […]
Tag: Loma Campana
Korean Delegation Visits Vaca Muerta Formation
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.May.2020) — Korean Ambassador Jang Myung-soo visited the Loma Campana field, where production comes from the Vaca Muerta formation, together with personnel from state controlled YPF, as well as officials from the Ministry of Energy and the Secretary of State (COPADE). The officials toured different points of […]
YPF Slashes Vaca Muerta Output: Rio Negro Reports
(Reuters, 9.Apr.2020) — Argentine state energy firm YPF has cut production by around half at its giant Vaca Muerta shale development Loma Campana due to a slump in demand amid the global coronavirus pandemic and a nationwide lockdown, local media reported on Thursday. Loma Campana is the most important development […]
YPF Targets Increasing Production At La Amarga Chica And Loma Campana
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 23.May.2019) — YPF plans to conduct two lateral drilling operations near 4,000 meters and carry out some 80 staged fractures in each operation. The first one has already begun to drill at the Schlumberger-operated Bandurria Sur and the other will be in Loma Campana, reported […]
Argentina’s Energy Secretariat Says La Amarga Chica Producing 13,000 B/D
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 9.May.2019) — Production of shale oil in La Amarga Chica area under the watch of YPF and partner Petronas reached 13,000 barrels per day on 2 May 2019, up from 6,296 barrels per day in April 2018, online media RĂo Negro reported 9 May 2019, […]