HOUSTON, TEXAS (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Sep.2024) — IAPG Houston president Joe Amador provided a general update and overview of Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale […]
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“Shale en Argentina”: Pluspetrol’s Julián Escuder
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Sep.2024) — Pluspetrol Country Manager Julián Escuder spoke on 12 Sep. 2024 at the ‘Shale en Argentina’ event in Houston, […]
Pampa Energia raises over $400mn to accelerate Vaca Muerta drive
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (Reuters, 6.Sep.2024) — Argentine natural gas producer Pampa Energia announced a debt issuance of $410 million on Friday, signaling investor confidence in the […]
Rice’s Baker Institute unveils Argentina Energy Sector Initiative
(Baker Institute, 8.Aug.2024) — Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy announces a new initiative focused on the Argentine energy sector that will result in […]
Geopark Reports 1Q:24 Results
(GeoPark, 15.May.2024) — GeoPark Limited (NYSE: GPRK) reports its consolidated financial results for the three-month period ended 31 Mar. 2024 (“First Quarter” or “1Q2024”). A […]
GeoPark In Exclusive Dealings to Buy Unconventional Blocks in Vaca Muerta
(GeoPark, 11.Apr.2024) — GeoPark Limited (NYSE: GPRK) has submitted a binding offer to acquire a non-operated working interest (WI) in unconventional blocks in the Neuquen […]
YPF Provides 4Q:23 Operational, Financial Updates
(YPF, 7.Mar.2024) — YPF SA reported total hydrocarbon production averaged 514 Kboe/d in 2023 (+2% vs. 2022) and 511 Kboe/d in 4Q23 (-2% q/q but […]
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Fact sheet: Argentina’s Vaca Muerta formation [Videos]
(Aaron Simonsky, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Dec.2023) — Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale formation contains an estimated 308 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of recoverable shale resources and […]
Argentina Inaugurates Gas Pipeline to Reverse Energy Deficit
(Reuters, 9.Jul.2023) — Argentina inaugurated on Sunday the first stage of a gas pipeline that will carry natural gas from the Vaca Muerta formation in […]
Vaca Muerta Could Produce 1 MMb/d by 2030, Rystad Says
(Rystad Energy, 31.May.2023) — Crude oil production from Argentina’s burgeoning shale patch, Vaca Muerta, could surge in the coming years and top 1 million barrels […]
Argentina Asks Oil Firms to Fund Their Own Imports Amid Forex Shortage
(Reuters, 24.May.2023) — The Argentine government has asked oil companies to finance their own imports for 90 days due to the shortage of foreign currency […]
Chile Signs Oil Import Deal with YPF
(Reuters, 8.May.2023) — Chilean state oil company National Petroleum Company (ENAP) said on Monday it has signed a temporary agreement with Argentine oil firm YPF (YPFD.BA) to […]
Argentina’s Revival Will Move Global Energy Markets
(LatAm Investor, 20.Jan.2023) — Most international investors keep clear of Argentina. It has an unenviable record of default and expropriations while successive governments seem unable […]
Vaca Muerta Shale Day in Houston 2022
(IAPG, 27.Sep.2022) — Since its first wells more than ten years ago, Argentina’s Vaca Muerta has come a long way to become the most relevant […]
Argentina Eyes Record Output from Vaca Muerta
(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 […]
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NRGBriefs: YPF Produces 504,000 boe/d in 2Q:22 [PDF Downloads]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Jul.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentina’s state-owned oil and gas producer YPF reporting combined production of 504,000 boe/d in the 2Q:22. LATIN […]
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. […]
Global Energy Upheaval Offers Argentina’s ‘Dead Cow’ a New Lease of Life
(FT, 2.Jun.2022) — Can the EU’s ban this week on most Russian oil imports breathe new life into a dead cow in Patagonia? Argentina’s president […]
Argentina Seeking $10bn Investment to Jump-Start LNG Exports, Minister Says
(Reuters, 27.Apr.2022) — Argentina, battling a deep and costly energy deficit, is looking to attract some $10 billion in private investment to help it jump […]
Argentine Oil Union Wants Back Jobs Lost in Pandemic Amid Rise in Business
(Reuters, 11.Apr.2022) — Argentina’s largest oil union called on the industry to restore jobs lost during the COVID-19 pandemic following a significant increase in production, […]
Gazprom Expresses Interest in Selling LNG to Argentina
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Mar.2022) — Gazprom expressed interest in supplying liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Argentina to replace market share lost due to sanctions imposed […]
Neuquén Province January 2022 Production Rises YOY
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Feb.2022) — Crude oil and natural gas production from Argentina’s Neuquén Province grow in January 2022 owing to development of unconventional projects […]
Wintershall to Sell Stakes in Two Argentine Blocks for $140mn
(Offshore Technology, 18.Jan.2022) — Wintershall Dea Argentina has agreed to sell a 50% operated working stake in the unconventional Aguada Federal and Bandurria Norte blocks, in Argentina, […]
YPF eyes unlocking Vaca Muerta’s potential: CEO Sergio Affronti at WPC Houston
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Dec.2021) — YPF’s CEO Sergio Affronti said the state oil producer was looking at “unlocking the Vaca Muerta’s full shale […]
YPF To Post Higher-Than-Expected Oil Production Growth
(S&P Global, 10.Nov.2021) — YPF, the biggest oil producer in Argentina, expects to post higher-than-expected oil production growth this year as it steps up drilling […]
NRGBriefs: Brazil Eyes Vaca Muerta Gas
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including Argentina looking to send Vaca Muerta gas to Brazil; US-based Talos Energy setting date for 3Q:21 conf. […]
Vaca Muerta is the World’s Quickest Growing Shale Play
(Rystad, 29.Sep.2021) — Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale play, having registered strong growth in oil and gas production and well activity levels in recent months, has […]
Venezuela Still Attractive: Amos Global Energy’s Ali Moshiri Says
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Sep.2021) — Venezuela, home to the world’s largest oil reserves, still has an opportunity to capitalize on producing oil amid the energy […]
LatAm Briefs: Guyana-Suriname Basin Reserves
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Aug.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentina pondering its allocation of energy subsidies, Ecopetrol closing on […]
Brazil In Talks With Argentina for Gas Pipeline from Vaca Muerta
(Reuters, 19.Aug.2021) — Brazil is negotiating with Argentina on the construction of a billion-dollar pipeline from the Vaca Muerta shale gas reserves, Brazilian President Jair […]
Shale Oil Investments May Be Protected From Nationalization
(Baker Institute, 17.Aug.2021) — Shale oil’s short-cycle production protects foreign investors from the risk of expropriation — government taking private property for public use — […]
Vista Reveals JV With Trafigura For Vaca Muerta Development
(Vista Oil, 28.Jun.2021) — Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: VIST; BMV: VISTA) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Vista Oil & Gas Argentina […]
Roadblocks Lifted At Argentine Fields
(Argus, 28.Apr.2021) — Protesters in Argentina have lifted roadblocks that had crippled shale oil and gas activity and thwarted fuel distribution for almost three weeks. […]
Argentina Ramping Up LNG Imports
(Natural Gas Intelligence, 26.Apr.2021) — Argentina has commissioned a second floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to meet higher-than-expected natural gas demand this upcoming winter […]
Protests Erode Argentina’s Shale Flow
(Argus, 21.Apr.2021) — Argentina’s shale oil and gas production is starting to decline and fuel shortages are worsening because of prolonged roadblocks by healthcare workers […]
Vaca Muerta Production Impacted By Neuquén Protests
(Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Apr.2021) — Oil and gas production from Argentina’s prolific Vaca Muerta formation have been impacted by nearly two weeks of protests and […]
Argentina Prioritizing Oil Sector Legislation
(S&P Global, 15.Apr.2021) — Argentina’s government is making advances on drafting a bill to provide incentives for ramping up the country’s oil and natural gas […]
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 […]
Pampa To Start Producing Vaca Muerta Oil
(S&P Global, 14.Apr.2021) — Pampa Energia, the fifth-biggest natural gas producer in Argentina, is taking its first steps to produce oil from the Vaca Muerta […]
Vaca Muerta Faces Production Decline
(S&P Global, 12.Apr.2021) — Argentina’s oil and natural gas output could begin to fall in the next few days if protesting health workers and truckers […]
Shell Updates On South American Assets In Annual Report
(Shell, 1.Apr.2021) — Shell provided details in its 2020 annual report related to its operations in South America from Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia. What follows […]
LatAm Briefs: Point Lisas’ Slide, Añelo Petrol Station
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Apr.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: halting the slide a Point Lisas in Trinidad and YPF […]
LatAm Briefs: Argentine Wages Issues, Pereyra To Step Down
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Mar.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentine oil workers threaten to strike in Vaca Muerta over […]
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 […]
YPF Increases Diesel, Gasoline Prices
(Argus, 16.Mar.2021) — YPF, the biggest oil producer in Argentina, said March 16 that it hiked diesel and gasoline pump prices by 7%, helping to […]
Argentina Torn Between Shale Dream And Climate Goals
(Bloomberg, 10.Mar.2021) — President Alberto Fernandez took to a makeshift stage in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale deposit in October to announce the nation was doubling […]
Argentina’s Shale Ambitions Hang In Balance
(Bloomberg, 18.Feb.2021) — YPF SA, Argentina’s state-run oil company, needs to come up with more than $1 billion to spur drilling in Patagonia, where it’s […]
YPF Sweetens $6.2 Bln Debt Deal Again After Offer Fails
(Reuters, 8.Feb.2021) — Argentine state energy giant YPF made a last-ditch improvement to its $6.2 billion debt restructuring offer to creditors late on Sunday and […]
Vaca Muerta Now Producing At Record Levels
(Rystad, 3.Feb.2021) — The oil production decline that the Covid-19 pandemic brought to Argentina’s Vaca Muerta formation now seems like a distant memory. The reserve’s […]
Argentina’s Escobar Terminal To Reopen
(S&P Global Platts, 1.Feb.2021) — A federal judge in Argentina has lifted a more than three-month suspension of the country’s only floating storage and regasification […]