BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jul.2026, Words: 97) — Argentina’s evaluation committee approved the Rincón de Aranda project’s adherence to the Incentive Regime for Large Investments, or RIGI, in the province of Neuquén. RIGI serves as a key catalyst for enabling an initiative of this scale and driving […]
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YPF earmarks $25bn to accelerate Vaca Muerta exports with new RIGI application
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 15.May.2026, Words: 271) — State-owned YPF SA applied to join Argentina’s large investment incentive regime, also known as RIGI, for the LLL Oil project. This will entail an estimated investment of $25bn over the next 15 years.
RIGI boasts Argentine investments of over $15.7bn
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Oct.2025, Words: 151) — The national government of Argentina, through the Incentive Regime for Large Investments or RIGI, has attracted investments in various strategic sectors that exceed $15.7bn. RIGI is a tool designed to encourage large investments in strategic sectors and provides […]
EAI brief: Argentina boasts 8 projects under RIGI presented and approved
SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Oct.2025, Words: 117) — Since the regulation in Oct. 2024 related to the Incentive Regime for Large Investments, or RIGI by its Spanish acronym, 8 projects with investors over $200mn each have already been presented and approved. To date, projects […]
Argentina approves $255mn investment in Olavarría wind project under RIGI
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Aug.2025, Words: 125) — Argentina has approved a $255mn investment in the Olavarría wind project. The project will provide 180 megawatts of renewable energy, Argentina’s Economic Ministry announced on 28 Aug. 2025 in an official statement.
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EAI brief: Moody’s says rising extraction costs squeeze Argentine producers [pdf download]
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Jul.2025, Words: 366) — The increase in lifting costs recorded in 2024 in Argentina reduces the profitability margins of conventional hydrocarbon producers in the Southern Cone country, according to Moody’s. This, as Argentina’s new investment incentive regime for large investments (RIGI by its […]
EAI brief: 3 projects approved for $9,575mn under Argentina’s RIGI framework
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Jul.2025, Words: 185) — Argentina’s Energy Secretariat revealed 3 energy projects were approved for $9,575mn within the framework of the country’s new investment incentive regime for large investments, known as RIGI by its Spanish acronym. RIGI’s regulatory framework aims to attract […]
RIGI and its importance for Vaca Muerta’s continued development
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.May.2025, Words: 406) — Argentina’s new investment incentive regime for large investments, known as RIGI by its Spanish acronym, will play a key role in the development of the country’s infrastructure necessary for the Vaca Muerta shale play to reach its […]
Vista Energy says $3bn VMOS project to commence commercial operations in 2H:27
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE (Aaron Simonsky, Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Apr.2025, Words: 425) — Per the current construction schedule, the $3bn Vaca Muerta Sur crude oil export pipeline, also known as VMOS, is expected to commence commercial operations in the second-half 2027 (2H:27). Importantly, partners in the VMOS have committed an aggregate volume […]
YPF exiting mature conventional holdings, eyes emergence as Vaca Muerta pure play
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Mar.2025) — Argentina’s state-owned YPF SA has embarked on an aggressive divestment plan that will see it exit mature fields as it pivots fast but not furiously to focus on opportunities in the prolific Vaca Muerta shale play. When the dust settles, […]
CERAWeek: Aleph’s Daniel Dreizzen on Argentina’s Draw, Vaca Muerta and Argentina LNG
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Mar.2025) — Aleph Energy managing director Daniel Dreizzen sat down with Energy Analytics Institute (EAI) for a brief chat during a breakfast hosted by IAPG Houston on the sides lines of CERAWeek by S&P Global in Houston, Texas. What follows are excerpts […]
CERAWeek: Argentina to Export 1 MMb/d by 2030, Daniel González Says
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Mar.2025) — Argentina could be exporting 1 million barrels per day (MMb/d) in 5 years, Argentina’s Minister of Economy Daniel González said during CERAWeek by S&P Global in Houston, Texas. This is in great part due to the prolific Vaca Muerta shale […]
Argentina Reports Energy Surplus of $5.668bn in 2024
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Jan.2025) — Argentina reported a commercial energy balance surplus of $5.668bn in 2024, the highest such surplus in 18 years, according to the country’s Energy Secretariat. In 2024, Argentina’s energy exports were $9.677bn, while its energy imports were $4.009bn, the Energy Secretariat […]
The Milei way: ¡Viva la libertad, carajo!, RIGI, Vaca Muerta and Argentine LNG exports
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Jan.2025, Words: 951) — For energy investors pondering Argentina’s massive Vaca Muerta shale play potential and other opportunity sets, just brace yourself for president Javier Milei’s catchphrase: “¡Viva la libertad, carajo!” or “Long live freedom, damn it!” Oh yeah, then there’s […]
Diverging Paths: Argentina Versus Brazil’s Energy Policies
(Rystad, 29.Aug.2024) — Argentina and Brazil are the two largest economies on the South American continent, and both are places that foreign investors have been cautiously eyeing for some time now. For many years both countries pursued a similar path while sharing a similar government ideology in their respective capitals. Now, […]