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Argentina's YPF wooing Malaysia Petronas to develop shale deposits
CEO Galuccio is in Kuala Lumpur to meet Petronas chief Argentina oil company YPF is courting Malaysia's Petronas as a possible partner to develop the promising Vaca Muerta shale, according to reports. YPF chief executive Miguel Galuccio was in Kuala Lumpur for a meeting on Wednesday with Petronas leader Tan Sri Dato Shamsul Azhar Abbas, the La Nacion newspaper reported.
“We have advanced towards a future deal,” Reuters quoted Galuccio as saying in an email from Malaysia after the meeting with his Petronas counterpart.
The visit follows another meeting held in early 2013 as well as visits by Malaysian consultants to Argentina as YPF seeks a deal with the company similar to accords penned with US super-major Chevron and US giant Dow Chemical, La Nacion reported.
Some of Petronas' latest forays into the region have not ended happily: What was to be a 850 million farm-out with Brazil independent OGX for a stake in the Campos basin Tubarao Martelo field collapsed after the company filed for bankruptcy in October.
Petronas also raised its hand to qualify for Brazil's bid round for the giant Libra field but did not walk away with a stake.
The company was also reportedly considering dropping a stake in a major Venezuela heavy-oil project after disagreements with state oil company PDVSA. The Malaysia state oil company is keen on shale, with plans to spend as much as 35 billion dollars to harness Canadian natural gas for liquefied natural gas exports to hungry Asian markets.
The US Energy Information Administration estimates that Argentina has the world's second largest shale gas reserves with 802 trillion cubic feet.
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Read all commentsgetting desperate now? reaching out to that global superpower and well-known oil-experts Malaysia?
Jan 30th, 2014 - 07:18 am 0What happen to your companeros Crass-tina? Your brothers in arms, Los Chavistas in ALBA?
Quote from article above “The company was also reportedly considering dropping a stake in a major Venezuela heavy-oil project after disagreements with state oil company PDVSA.”
Why?
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SICAD 11.3Bsf /1 USD (Ancillary Foreign Currency Administration System)
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@1 Ilsen. Be fair, Petronas is a relatively significant player in the oil business.
Jan 30th, 2014 - 10:10 am 0As such they're not total morons, unless the terms are so ridiculously good, the guarantees are somewhat more copper-bottomed than the word of a selection of Argentine politicians and (bearing in mind the experience that Repsol have had) secured by sufficient liquidity to compensate them should it all go pear shaped then I doubt that they'd touch YPF with a long pole.
If I were Petronas I would wait and see what Argentinas terms of reparation made to Repsol before committing any money. But I am sure THEY know that.
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