BELIZE CITY, BELIZE (Aaron Simonsky, Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Jan.2025) — Argentina’s state-owned YPF SA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with 3 Indian companies for [more…]
Tag: Neuquén
Work to Boost Electric Supply Nears Completion in Taquimilán, Neuquén
(Aaron Simonsky, Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Jan.2025) — Work continues to expand the electricity supply in Taquimilán, Neuquén to provide public lighting to 242 lots located [more…]
Argentina’s Vaca Muerta: A Game-Changer in the Making
(Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Nov.2024) — The Vaca Muerta shale formation in Argentina’s Neuquén Basin isn’t just another oil and gas formation, it’s [more…]
LatAm Briefs: Health Workers Protest In Argentina
(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 [more…]
Neuquén Provincial Govt Seeks Minimum $50/bbl Price
(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 [more…]
Schlumberger Completes Sale Of Bandurria Sur
(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 [more…]
Argentina NatGas Exports Reach 5.9 MMcm/d In 1H:19
(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 [more…]
Argentina Gas Output At Highest Point In 11 years
(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 [more…]
Wintershall Dea And ConocoPhillips Team Up In The Prolific Neuquén Basin
(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 [more…]
Argentina Eyes Exporting Oil In 2020, Lopetegui Says
(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 [more…]
Sixth Vaca Muerta Executive Board Meeting In Neuquén
(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 [more…]
Irving-Texas’ ExxonMobil Decides To Develop Argentina’s Oil Block
(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 [more…]
LatAmNRG Argentina Briefs: Gutiérrez Shell Chat, Tecpetrol Accident
(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 [more…]
Argentina To Inaugurate Loma Campana-Lago Pellegrini Oil Pipeline
(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 [more…]
Argentina’s Vaca Muerta Formation Produces 35% Of Country’s Natural Gas
(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 [more…]
ExxonMobil Argentina Takes Three Blocks In Offshore Bid Round
(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 [more…]
Qatar Petroleum Wins Exploration Rights In 5 Offshore Blocks In Argentina
(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. The [more…]
Neuquén Holds 73% Of Argentina’s Recoverable Shale Gas
(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 [more…]
Government’s Adjustment Plan For Vaca Muerta Puts Conflict On The Horizon
(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 [more…]
Argentina Reports Rise In Petroleum, Gas Output
(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% [more…]
Vista Inks Deal For Bajada del Palo Block In Argentina
(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 & [more…]
Tecpetrol Reports Rise In Fortín de Piedra Shale Production
(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 [more…]
YPF Awards EXMAR Contract For Export Of First LNG From Argentina
(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 [more…]
Neuquén Gov’t Suspends YPF’s Environmental License At Two Pads
(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. [more…]
YPF Says Combined Output Plummets 4.3% In 3Q:18
(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 [more…]
Argentina Initiates U.S. ‘Vaca Muerta’ Road Show
(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 [more…]
Argentina Awaits Hydrocarbon Investments Of Nearly $13 Billion in 2019
(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 [more…]
Argentina Aims To Cover 20% Of Energy Demand in 2025 With Renewables
(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 [more…]
YPF To Invest $5 Billion Per Year During 2019-2023
(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 [more…]
Argentina Restarts Natural Gas Exports To Chile
(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, [more…]
Añelo Population Growth Part Of Region’s Shale Boom
(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 [more…]
Argentina To Reduce Bolivian Gas Imports To Minimum
(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. [more…]
YPF Personnel Try To Mitigate Gas Leak In Bandurria
(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 [more…]
Argentina Looks to Cease Bolivian Gas Imports By 2020
(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 [more…]
Bolivia’s Gas Lower than LNG, Vaca Muerta Shale: Sánchez Says
(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 [more…]
Añelo: The Two Realities of this Small Town in the Heart of Neuquen
(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. [more…]
Vaca Muerta Looks To Attract $7 Bln In Investments In 2019
(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, [more…]
Argentina: The Energy Challenge
(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 [more…]
Neuquen Gas Production Reaches 69.8 MMcm/d in August 2018
(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 [more…]
Unlocking the Potential of Argentina’s Oil and Gas Resources
(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 [more…]
Excelerate Energy, TGS Sign Deal to Study Liquefaction Project in Bahía Blanca
(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 [more…]
Argentina: Exploration And Production Snapshots
(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 [more…]
Pampa Reaches 35-Year Deal in Sierra Chata Block
(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 [more…]
Pampa Reaches 35-Year Extension in El Mangrullo Block
(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 [more…]
TGS to Invest $250 Mln in Infrastructure to Transport Vaca Muerta Gas Production
(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 [more…]
Argentina to Develop Tight Shale Oil, Gas
(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 [more…]
Vaca Muerta Megaproject – A Fracking Carbon Bomb In Patagonia
(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 [more…]
Tecpetrol to Invest $2.3 Bln in Vaca Muerta
(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 [more…]
Big Oil Flocks To Argentina As Permian Land Prices Skyrocket
(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 [more…]
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 [more…]
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 [more…]
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, [more…]
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 [more…]
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 [more…]
