BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Feb.2025) — US marketed natural gas production is expected to average 114.7 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2025, up 1.4% compared to 113.1 Bcf/d in 2024, according to recent data revealed by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). This gas […]
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(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Dec.2024) — Energy Analytics Institute‘s North America NRG Dashboard 4Q:24 with upstream, downstream, midstream, LNG, renewable, new energies and other updates from Canada and the USA. ____________________ By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute. © Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). All Rights Reserved.
YPF Reveals 1Q:24 Results
(YPF, 10.May.2024) — YPF SA said it achieved a new quarterly record high in operational efficiencies, delivering positive evolution in shale oil production. YPF also released its Form 20-F. ____________________
North American Gas Market to Expand by 25% Over Next Decade: WoodMac
(WoodMac, 17.May.2023) — Near-term gas market expansion continues to be driven by global demand for US LNG exports, which will largely be supplied through continued growth in Permian associated gas and Haynesville production, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie. “LNG export growth will drive the market for many […]
Argentina Expects To Announce Gas Plan 4 Details
(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Sep.2020) — Argentina’s government is expected to announce final details related to it’s Gas Plan 4 or 20/24 Gas Scheme. Gas Plan 4 aims to improve the price of gas, which is around $2 per million British thermal unit or MMbtu, and below profitability margins, online newspaper […]
ExxonMobil Secures Another LT Vaca Muerta Concession
(Argus, 14.Aug.2020) — ExxonMobil has been awarded a 35-year concession for another block in Vaca Muerta, a massive shale play that has been driving the company’s growth in oil and natural gas production in Argentina. The government of Neuquen, a southwestern province where most of the play is located, said […]
Argentina Sees Steady Growth In Light Crude Exports From Vaca Muerta
(S&P Global Platts, 9.Apr.2019) — Argentina’s state-led YPF is preparing a shipment of light crude from Vaca Muerta, a trend the federal government expects to gain as production increases from the shale play, Argentinian Energy Secretary Gustavo Lopetegui said Tuesday. “This year for the first time in many years we […]
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 feet (Tcf), only trailing Asian giant China, which holds 1,115 Tcf, according to data published by US-based Energy Information Administration or (EIA). Of the resources, […]
Tecpetrol Says Resolution 46 Covers Entire Fortin de Piedra Gas Project
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 1.Apr.2019) — Tecpetrol, the oil and gas affiliate of Techint, considers that a resolution emitted by Argentina’s Finance Ministry rejects the appeal presented for incorrect liquidation of benefits offered by the country’s gas subsidy, officially Resolution 46/17, the company announced in a post on its […]
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% year-over-year compared to 489 Mb/d in October 2017. Unconventional petroleum production (shale + tight) rose 15% in October 2018 compared to October 2017, the country’s […]
Tecpetrol Reports Rise In FortĂn de Piedra Shale Production
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 21.Nov. 2018) — Tecpetrol announced production at its FortĂn de Piedra unconventional shale gas project increased 36% to 15 million cubic meters per day in November of 2018 compared to 11 million cubic meters per day in August 2018, the company revealed in a Twitter […]
Argentina’s Energy Sec. Iguacel Promotes Vaca Muerta In US Road Show
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 13.Nov.2018) — Argentina’s Energy Secretary Javier Iguacel participated in the annual Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPPA) meeting held in New Orleans, Louisiana. “We have a great opportunity to give Argentine citizens plenty of energy and at affordable prices. We are very happy because today […]
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 Muerta formation in Neuquen. Argentina’s Energy Secretary Javier Iguacel, along with officials and representatives from more than 30 oil companies, plan to participate in the […]
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 initiative to be a leader in the production of energy in Argentina. As a result, YPF’s hydrocarbon production is expected to grow between 5% and […]
Ecopetrol Seeks License To Start Fracking Tests In Colombia
(Reuters, Luis Jaime Acosta, 29.Oct.2018) — Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol has requested an environmental license to launch a pilot plan to explore for crude oil from unconventional deposits using fracking technology, its chief executive said. Felipe Bayon told Reuters late on Friday the plan, which could triple Colombia’s proven […]
YPF To Spend Billions To Boost Oil And Gas Output
(Reuters, Eliana Raszewski, Hugh Bronstein, 26.Oct.2018) — Argentina’s state-controlled oil company, YPF, will significantly boost oil and gas production, investing between $4 billion and $5 billion per year through 2022, Chief Executive Daniel Gonzalez told Reuters on Friday. It plans to raise production by between 5 percent and 7 percent […]
Argentina Plans To Close LNG Importing Facility
(Bloomberg, Jonathan Gilbert, 17.Oct.2018) — Argentina plans to close a facility for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to people with direct knowledge of the matter, after booming production from shale deposits in the Vaca Muerta region turned the country into a seasonal exporter. A contract with Excelerate Energy, which […]
Texas Would Have A ‘Party’ If Mexico Prohibited Fracking
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 16.Oct.2018) — Prohibiting fracking in a generalized manner, as announced by Mexico’s president-elect AndrĂ©s Manuel LĂłpez Obrador (AMLO), would be an error that would benefit the United States. “I’d regret this initiative to ban fracking in a general way in our country. The day it […]
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 of meeting the challenge of regaining energy self-sufficiency. The importance of hydrocarbons Energy is the basis of our society and our way of life. We […]
Methane Fears Cloud Argentina’s Shale Oil And Gas Future
(Financial Times, Benedict Mander, 23.Sep.2018) — Green energy groups say huge shale oil and gas reserve is leaking greenhouse gases. Jorge Daniel Taillant used a $100,000 infrared camera this year to investigate whether oil and gas installations in Vaca Muerta were leaking toxic gases. The grainy black-and-white thermal images that […]
Excelerate Energy, TGS Sign Deal to Study Liquefaction Project in BahĂa 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 collaborate on the assessment of a liquefaction project in the city of BahĂa Blanca, Argentina. Argentina currently imports liquefied natural gas (LNG) through two floating […]
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 investment and exploit its world-class resources to their full potential. With the support of a new pro-business government and the discovery of massive shale potential […]
Argentina Gears Up For Offshore Licensing Round
(E&Pmag, Brunno Braga, 25.Jun.2018) — Argentina is working to increase its attractiveness in the energy sector in a region where other countries such as Brazil, Guyana and Mexico have lured investment from major oil companies. The South American country is about to launch its first round of offshore licensing after […]
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 to turn it into a success story —which is why we collectively need to put a stop to this if we are serious about restricting […]