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 […]

Equinor Swaps Onshore US Assets with EQT

(Equinor, 15.Apr.2024) — Equinor and EQT Corporation agreed to swap Equinor’s operated position in the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in Ohio for a stake […]

Diamondback, Endeavor to Create $50bn Company

(Reuters, 11.Feb.2024) — U.S. shale oil rivals Diamondback Energy and Endeavor Energy Resources are close to finalizing a roughly $25 billion cash-and-stock deal that would […]

Argentina Signs Deal with Tenaris to Move Gas from Vaca Muerta

(Reuters, 17.Jun.2022) — Argentine state company Energia Argentina signed a contract June 16 with pipeline producer Tenaris, a critical step toward completing a pipeline to transfer natural gas from Argentina’s giant Vaca Muerta shale formation. […]

Bayón Says Unconventionals Not The Only Option

Ecopetrol’ CEO Felipe Bayón said unconventionals were a very important option for Colombia since they allowed the country to boost its oil and gas reserves-to-production ratios while generating benefits for many regions such as employment, and goods and services. But he added: “In terms energy security, unconventionals are very important but they’re not the only option.”

Quiet Destruction Of Colombia’s Shale Potential

(Oilprice.com, 23.Jul.2020) — Sharply weaker oil prices, falling investment and dwindling oil production are weighing heavily on Colombia’s economic outlook. Last decade, the strife-torn Andean […]

Chesapeake Energy Files For Chapter 11

(WoodMac, 28.Jun.2020) — Speaking after Chesapeake Energy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today, Alex Beeker, principal analyst on Wood Mackenzie’s corporate upstream team, said: […]

Argentina’s Shale Boom Hits New Milestone

(Oilprice.com, Irina Slav, 10.Dec.2019) — YPF, the Argentine state energy company, has drilled the longest horizontal oil well lateral, at 3,890 meters, or more than […]

Ecopetrol and Oxy Finalize Permian Deal

(Ecopetrol, 13.Nov.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. completed the joint venture transaction announced on 31 Jul. 2019. Through this deal, the company and Occidental Petroleum Corp agreed […]

Mexican Lawsuit Risks Permian Route To Market

(Petroleum Economist, Charles Waine, 2.Aug.2019) — Mexico’s Comisión Federal de Electridad (CFE), the state-owned electricity utility, has started legal proceedings against seven natural gas pipelines. […]

Ecopetrol and Occidental Form Strategic Midland JV

(Ecopetrol, 31.Jul.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. announced formation of a joint venture with Occidental Petroleum Corporation to develop 97,000 net acres of Occidental’s Midland Basin properties […]

Vaca Muerta Output Growth Leads To LNG Exports

(EIA, 12.Jul.2019) — Argentina’s domestic natural gas production has been rising steadily in the past three years, largely because of increasing production from the Neuquén […]

Argentine Shale Spurs Search For Oil, Gas Giant

(Platts, 11.Jun.2019) — On the vast, desolate plains of southern Patagonia, Compañía General de Negocios is stepping up drilling and exploration where few companies operate, […]

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 […]