Tag: Neuquen

• Monday, July 17th 2023 - 11:55 UTC

  Strong quake hits Argentina and Chile

  

  Argentina's National Institute of Seismic Prevention (Inpres) Monday reported an earthquake at 00:05 local time (03:05 GMT), at a depth of 214 kilometers, with its epicenter 240 kilometers west of the city of Neuquén, and 14 kilometers south of the small town of Loncopué.

• Monday, April 17th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine Patagonian provinces elect new governors

  

  The Argentine Patagonian provinces of Río Negro and Neuquén have new governors-elect after Sunday's elections. Opposition candidate Rolando Figueroa brought Movimiento Popular Neuquino's rule to an end after four decades and former Río Negro Governor Alberto Weretilneck was elected back into office. Figueroa and Weretilneck currently hold seats on the federal Lower and Upper Houses respectively.

• Friday, April 22nd 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Argentine President launches construction of new gas pipeline

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday launched the “Néstor Kirchner” gas pipeline project during a ceremony at the Loma Campana field in Vaca Muerta, province of Neuquén.

• Monday, November 8th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Three Mapuche suspects captured in Argentine province of Neuquén

  

  Three people were captured at Cerro Mahuida in the Argentine province of Neuquén by Argentina's Gerndarmería Nacional (Border Guard) for carrying ammunition and camouflage clothing through a non-authorized border crossing, it was announced Sunday.

• Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Argentine province of Neuquén produces highest amounts of oil in 17 years

  

  Thanks to the increasing output from Vaca Muerta, the Argentine province of Neuquén Thursday announced it had extracted an average of 213,808 barrels per day (BPD) during September of 2021, which represented a 40.19% increase against last year's figures.

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Eurnekian confirmed a US$ 2,300 million contract to build a dam in Neuquen

  

  The Argentine government has confirmed that the Heliport and Panedile associated partners have been awarded the contract to build the Chihuido hydroelectric complex in the Patagonian province of Neuquen. The first company belongs to Eduardo Eurnekian and the second to the Dragonetti family.

• Monday, May 3rd 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentine provinces of Neuquén and Río Negro tighten up health restrictions

  

  In a joint statement, the provincial governments of Neuquén and Río Negro in Argentine Patagonia Sunday announced all social gatherings are no longer allowed as of this Monday and until May 21 to fight covid-19 in areas labelled as of high epidemiological risk.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentine president tells US envoy there will be no new Chinese base

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday told US National Security Council advisor Juan Gonzalez that “there will be no foreign bases,” it was reported.

• Friday, April 2nd 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Remains of new dinosaur species unearthed in Argentine Patagonia

  

  Argentine scientists Thursday confirmed fossils of a dinosaur found in the province of Neuquén belonged to the Llukalkan aliocranianus, known as “the one that causes fear.”

• Monday, September 16th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Gas well catches fire at Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale formation

  

  Argentina’s state-controlled oil company YPF said a gas well caught fire at its vast shale oil and gas formation of Vaca Muerta early on Sunday following a gas leak on the previous day.