(Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Apr.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentina’s Labor Ministry issuing a mandatory conciliation between oil workers and companies, companies in Argentina...
(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 and authorities of hydrocarbon-producing provinces...
(Schlumberger, 31.Jan.2020) — Schlumberger announced today that it has completed the sale of its 49% interest in the Bandurria Sur Block in Neuquén, Argentina to Shell Argentina S.A. and Equinor....
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 22.Aug.2019) — Argentina shipped an average 5.9 million cubic meters per day (MMcm/d) of natural gas to Chile, Brazil and Uruguay during the first half...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 29.Jul.2019) — Production of crude oil and natural gas in Argentina continues to rise, aided by growth in unconventional volumes from the Vaca Muerta formation....
(Wintershall, 25.Jul.2019) — ConocoPhillips is a new partner in the Aguada Federal and Bandurria Norte blocks with Wintershall Dea. The two companies will advance the development of the significant Vaca...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 14.Jun.2019) — Argentina’s Energy Secretariat Gustavo Lopetegui highlighted investments announced by Exxon Mobil destined for the massive development the Bajo del Choique - La Invernada...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 14.Jun.2019) — The 6th Vaca Muerta Executive Board meeting took place 14 June in Neuquén in the presence of the Neuquén Governor Omar Gutiérrez and...
(Zacks, 12.Jun.2019) — Exxon Mobil Corporation XOM recently announced its decision to develop an oil project in Argentina. The long-term project will be conducted in the Bajo del Choique-La Invernada...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 8.May.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to eight oil and gas sector deaths in the Neuquina Basin in 15 months, Neuquén...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 3.May.2019) — Argentina is set to inaugurate the Loma Campana-Lago Pellegrini pipeline. The pipeline has an extension of 88 kilometers and will allow for the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 23.Apr.2019) — Argentina’s Vaca Muerta formation currently accounts for close to 35% of Argentina’s natural gas production and 15% of the South American country’s crude...
(Exxon, 16.Apr.2019) — ExxonMobil has increased holdings in Argentina after its subsidiary ExxonMobil Argentina Offshore Investments B.V. and an affiliate of Qatar Petroleum won three exploration blocks during Argentina’s first...
(Qatar Petroleum, 16.Apr.2019) — Qatar Petroleum has won exploration rights in five offshore blocks in the North Argentina, and Malvinas West basins in Argentina. Mr. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi. Source: Qatar...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 7.Apr.2019) — Argentina contains the second largest recoverable non-conventional natural gas resources in the world with 802.2 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), only trailing Asian...
(Baker Institute, 2.Apr.2019) — On April 7 Argentina will hold its second provincial election of the 2019 election season in the province of Río Negro. With less than a week...
(Bloomberg, Jonathan Gilbert, 1.Apr.2019) — Sand shoveled out of an Argentina river used to transport soybeans may soon reappear 1,100 kilometers (700 miles) away in the country’s booming shale fields....
(Exmar, 28.Mar.2019) — Exmar announced its Tango FLNG will start its gas liquefaction operations in the second quarter of 2019, at which time a significant portion of the restricted cash...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 27.Mar.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs from Argentina on Neuquen hydrocarbon output reaching record levels in February, MicroSoft and YPF signing a...
(Oil & Gas Journal, Paula Dittrick, 25.Mar.2019) — Argentina plans to build natural gas pipelines and hopes to attract more oil and gas investment for the Vaca Muerta shale play...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 25.Mar.2019) — Uruguayan company Ingener will build the electrical infrastructure for the 125 megawatt Neuquen wind park “Los Meandros” for the Chinese company Envision Energy....
(Reuters, 19.Mar.2019) — Oil workers in the Argentine provinces of Rio Negro, La Pampa and Neuquen, home to the sprawling Vaca Muerta shale oil and gas formation, said they will...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 6.Mar.2019) — Argentina now has its own Vaca Muerta business chamber, composed of CAPESPE, ACIPAN and CEIPA. The chamber represents 200 small-to-medium sized enterprise working...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 1.Mar.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs on the Estación Fernandéz Oro (EFO) gas field producing 4 million cubic meters per day, and...
(Baker Institute, Mark P. Jones, 27.Feb.2019) — On March 10 the Argentine province of Neuquén will hold gubernatorial and legislative elections. Neuquén is home to the Vaca Muerta, one of...
(Buenos Aires Times, Jairo Straccia, 2.Feb.2019) — Despite all the smiling photos taken in the past showing President Mauricio Macri and Techint CEO Paolo Rocca together (even at the height...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsk, 26.Jan.2019) — Natural gas production in Neuquén at year end 2018 reached its highest market in a decade, topping out at 70 million cubic meters...
(ERES, 16.Jan.2019) — Energy Real Estate Solutions (ERES) opened its first international office in Neuquén, Argentina. The announcement marks a move by the company to provide boots-on-the-ground support to meet...
(S&P Global Platts, 28.Dec.2018) — Argentina has set a target of doubling its oil and natural gas production over the next five years but analysts and executives warned that it...
(S&P Global Platts, 27.Dec.2018) — Shell plans to start a full-scale development project in Vaca Muerta next year, betting on the shale play to ramp up oil and natural gas...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 11.Dec.2018) — Echo Energy plc announced mobilization of equipment to acquire 1,200 km2 of3D seismic on the company’s high impact Tapi Aike exploration acreage from...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 28.Nov. 2018) — Argentina reported total petroleum production of 498 thousand barrels per day (Mb/d) in October 2018, up 1.8% year-over-year compared to 489 Mb/d...
(Vista Oil & Gas, 22.Nov.2018) — Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. announced that, Vista Oil & Gas Argentina S.A. and Apco Oil & Gas S.A.U., subsidiaries of Vista,...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 21.Nov. 2018) — Tecpetrol announced production at its Fortín de Piedra unconventional shale gas project increased 36% to 15 million cubic meters per day in...
(Exmar, 21.Nov.2018) — Belgium’s EXMAR NV and Argentina's YPF signed a firm, ten-year agreement to deploy EXMAR’s barge-based floating LNG liquefaction unit (FLNG), currently known as Caribbean FLNG, to produce...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 21.Nov.2018) — The Government of the Province of Neuquén has temporarily suspended YPF’s environmental license at two pads in Bandurria. The precautionary measure affects pads...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart and Pietro D. Pitts, 20.Nov.2018) — Argentina’s Vaca Muerta unconventional shale gas formation in Neuquén is at the center of an energy revolution taking place...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 12.Nov.2018) — YPF announced that combined equivalent production fell 4.3% in the third quarter of 2018. Total production fell to 529.1 Mboe/d in 3Q:18 compared...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 12.Nov.2018) — Officials from Argentina initiated a road show today in the U.S. aimed at attracting investments in the Vaca Muerta formation in Neuquen. Argentina’s...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 8.Nov.2018) — Argentine hydrocarbon investments are projected to increase in 2019 compared to 2018, announced the country’s Energy Secretary Javier Iguacel. “This year they invested...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 8.Nov.2018) — Argentina’s shale boom taking place in the Vaca Muerta formation in Neuquen will not stop the country from pursuing goals related to renewable...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 4.Nov.2018) — YPF expects to make investments of $5 billion per year during the 2019-2023 period as part of its initiative to be a leader...
(Tecpetrol, 1.Nov.2018) — Buenos Aires-based Tecpetrol S.A. announced the following investment commitments in the areas where it operates in Argentina’s Noroeste - San Jorge and Neuquina basins. Tecpetrol has a...
(Reuters, Dave Sherwood, 30.Oct.2018) — Argentina has begun exporting natural gas to Chile after a 12 year interlude, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said on Tuesday, as the two South American...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 20.Oct.2018) — Añelo’s population is expected to reach 25,000 by 2023 compared to nearly 8,000 today and just 2,000 in 2011, reported the media outlet...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 20.Oct.2018) — Argentina will likely reduce its demand for Bolivian natural gas imports to a minimum, says an oil analyst. Argentina, which continues to boost...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 19.Oct.2018) — YPF personnel conducted operations today to mitigate a gas leak located at the Bandurria deposit in Neuquén. No injuries were reported, and the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 16.Oct.2018) — With its own gas projects to develop, Argentina is seeking to reduce imports of natural gas and by 2020 it expects to stop...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 12.Oct.2018) — Bolivian natural gas is more competitive than liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas from Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale formation, announced Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Minister...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 10.Oct.2018) — Añelo is a small oil town located in the heart of Neuquen and the Vaca Muerta shale revolution. This small town with a...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 6.Oct.2018) — Investors could inject $7 billion into the Vaca Muerta in 2019, announced Neuquén Governor, Omar Gutiérrez. “In 2019, we will have 15 new...
(YPF, 1.Oct.2018) — Argentina’s unconventional oil & gas resources are among the world’s largest. YPF is working and investing to increase production with the aim of meeting the challenge of...
(Tecpetrol, 30.Sep.2018) — Buenos Aires-based Tecpetrol S.A., controlled by its Madrid-based parent company Tecpetrol Internacional S.L.U., which holds a 95.99% equity interest, announced results for the nine-month period ended on...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 27.Sep.2018) — Crude oil and natural gas production from the Neuquen Basin rose sequentially in August 2018. Oil production reached 120,551 barrels per day (b/d)...
(Chevron, Clay Neff, 23.Sep.2018) — ‘A stable and predictable business environment is essential to draw the investment capital needed,’ says Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production Company President...
(Excelerate Energy L.P., 10.Sep.2018) — Excelerate Energy L.P. and Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A. announced the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly collaborate on the assessment of...
(Deloitte, 31.Aug.2018) — In the wake of a decade-long slump in Argentina’s oil and gas industry, the country is now well positioned to resurrect international investment and exploit its world-class...
(Pampa Energía S.A., 10.Jul.2018) – Pampa Energía S.A. announced an Investment Agreement was executed with the Neuquén province, which will grant a new 35-year concession for unconventional hydrocarbon exploitation at...
(Pampa Energía S.A., 5.Jun.2018) – Pampa Energía S.A. was granted a 35-year period extension to the operation of the El Mangrullo block for the development of unconventional gas (shale and...
(Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A., 3.Apr.2018) — Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A. (TGS) executed an agreed minute with the Undersecretary of Energy, Mining and Hydrocarbons of the Province...
(OGJ, Nick Snow, 27.Mar.2018) — With the largest shale gas resources and tight oil deposits second only to those of the US in the Western Hemisphere, Argentina is trying to...
(Observatorio Petrolero Sur, 5.Feb.2018) — Vaca Muerta is a leading case for the next generation of fossil fuels. Big Oil and Gas companies are keen to turn it into a...
(Reuters, Eliana Raszewski, 23.Mar.2017) — Argentina’s Tecpetrol, part of the Techint Group, said on Thursday it would invest $2.3 billion in the Vaca Muerta shale fields through 2019, the largest...
(Oilprice.com, Charles Kennedy, 15.Sep.2016) — The Permian Basin has become so hot that some oil companies are starting to stay away, instead looking at frontiers that are less picked over....
(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 from the interim CEO. Darré...
(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 Argentina. The announcement was made...
(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, which represents nearly 900 megawatts...
(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 Petrobras Participaciones S.L. (PPSL), to...
(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 interest or where the areas...
