(Reuters, 6.Sep.2022) — Argentina is on track to hit record oil output this year from its massive shale deposits, which are already responsible for record natural gas production, a key local official said on Tuesday, amid a national push to grow domestic energy supplies. Located in western Neuquen province, the […]
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Argentine Gas Transporter Adding Capacity from Vaca Muerta Shale Play
(S&P Global, 23.Mar.2022) — Transportadora de Gas del Sur, or TGS, the biggest gas transporter in Argentina, said late March 22 it plans to invest $60 million to build a 17 million cu m/d pipeline out of Vaca Muerta, the latest transport project in the shale play that is boosting […]
NRGBriefs: Argentina’s Oil Production Reaches 571,000 b/d in Feb. 2022
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentina’s oil production rising in Feb. 2022 to 571,000 b/d, its highest mark since Dec. 2011; and Neuquén Province’s Governor Omar Gutiérrez participating in the official inauguration of the Argentina Oil & Gas (AOG2022) event in Buenos Aires. LATIN AMERICA AND THE […]
NRGBriefs: Shell And YPF Eye Bajada De Añelo Investment
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Nov.2021) — Energy briefs including Shell Argentina and YPF looking to commence development of the Bajada de Añelo area w/ an anticipated investment of around $300mn; Ecuador’s oil production struggles to reach the 500,000 b/d range; Frontera Energy‘s plans to host its 3Q:21 conf. call; and more. […]
Neuquén Province Boosts Output In February 2021
(Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Mar.2021) — Argentina’s Neuquén province produced 178,349 barrels per day of oil in February 2021, up 3.22% sequentially and up 6.91% compared to February 2020. Approximately 80% of the production in February came from the Vaca Muerta formation, Neuquén governor Omar Gutiérrez said 22 March 2021 in […]
Neuquén Targets 80 Rigs By March 2021: Gutiérrez Says
(Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Oct.2020) — Argentina’s Neuquén Province Governor Omar Gutiérrez said joint work by companies and workers will allow the region to achieve a growth path that will allow drilling activity to recover to the levels exhibited before the pandemic. The official said approximately 80 rigs are projected to […]
IOCs To Press On With Vaca Muerta Projects
(S&P Global Platts, 27.Jan.2020) — Equinor, Shell and Total vowed to press on with projects in Vaca Muerta, even as policy uncertainty and price controls make it harder to plan investment in Argentina’s biggest shale play, raising concerns of a slowdown in oil and natural gas production growth. Representatives of […]
Argentina’s Energy Secretariat Meets With Governors, Companies
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 20.Aug.2019) — Argentina’s Energy Secretariat Gustavo Lopetegui held a meeting in provinces with governors and oil company executives to discuss recently announced freezes to oil and fuel prices. This was the first such discussion in which the Argentine government sought to establish joint dialogue with […]
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 Neuquén Governor Omar Gutiérrez and Argentina’s Energy Secretariat Gustavo Lopetegui. During the meetings, several sub-working table groups comprised of representatives of the national and provincial […]
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 Basin in 15 months, Neuquén Governor Gutiérrez to meet with Royal Dutch Shell’s Ben Van Beurden, and Tecpetrol Argentina still investigating fatal Fortín de Piedra […]
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, we will have 15 new drilling rigs conducting unconventional activity and reach an investment record with $7 billion,” reported the Argentine daily newspaper Clarin, citing […]
Tecpetrol Opens Gas Treatment Plant in Vaca Muerta
(ARPEL, February 6, 2018) — Tecpetrol, an oil company of the Techint Group and member of ARPEL, opened a gas treatment plant located in the vicinity of Añelo, Neuquén, with Governor of the Province of Neuquén Omar Gutiérrez and Minister of Energy and Mines of Argentina Juan J. Aranguren. This […]