Tag: Vaca Muerta

Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Can Argentina Finally Realize Its Oil Potential?

By Matthew Smith for Oilprice.com – For a decade, successive Argentine governments in Buenos Aires have enacted a range of policies aimed at reducing energy imports and exploiting the Latin American country’s vast hydrocarbon potential.
Friday, August 20th 2021 - 14:09 UTC
Brazil interested in buying gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday announced in his weekly broadcast on social media that his country had started negotiations to purchase gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta. “It is not easy to start importing gas, creating, building pipelines,” Bolsonaro said.
Monday, May 17th 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Hydrocarbons: Argentina going up as world goes down

The University of Buenos Aires (UBA)'s Gas and Petroleum Institute Director Aníbal Mellano said in an interview published Sunday in the Ambito Financiero newspaper that his country was “in an ascending cycle, within a descending world cycle for hydrocarbons.”
Wednesday, March 24th 2021 - 14:50 UTC
China-backed railway projects gain momentum in Chile and Argentina

The government of Chile Tuesday unveiled 15 brand new railway units made in China, with which the South American country intends to revamp its train service both for passengers and cargo.
Wednesday, March 3rd 2021 - 08:56 UTC
Argentina again forced to ramp LNG imports , as domestic gas production falls

Argentina forced to quickly ramp up LNG imports in the coming winter months to meet its heating season, as domestic gas production dwindles and Bolivian pipeline imports slow.
Friday, February 5th 2021 - 12:39 UTC
Argentine oil and gas activity picking up in Vaca Muerta shale deposits

$The number of frac stages in Vaca Muerta rose 39% to 662 in January from 477 in November$

Fracking activity in Vaca Muerta, Argentina shot up in January to its highest level in 17 months, according to the Argentine unit of Houston-based services company NCS Multistage.
Friday, October 23rd 2020 - 08:55 UTC
Argentina plans US$ 1,5bn subsidies to resurface Vaca Muerta output: “cheaper than importing LNG”

Argentina’s cash-strapped government says it can find US$ 5.1 billion to give to natural gas drillers in a bid to resurface the country’s Vaca Muerta shale patch and prevent a jump in imports of the fuel.
Friday, October 16th 2020 - 09:58 UTC
Argentina wants energy firms to invest US$ 5 billion to boost gas production

Argentina wants energy firms to invest some US$ 5 billion to boost hydrocarbon production and generate jobs in the country's prized Vaca Muerta shale play, as well as to bring in much-needed foreign currency.
Monday, August 31st 2020 - 09:48 UTC
Argentina determined to promote oil and gas production and exports

Argentina’s new energy secretary Dario Martinez plans to promote oil and natural gas production with a view to increasing exports as part of a strategy to pull the economy out of one of its worst crises on record.
Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 09:10 UTC
Argentina's shale deposits will take 12/18 months to recover pre Covid-19 activity

Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale patch will take 12-18 months to resume pre-Covid-19 activity because of lagging demand, according to Alejandro Monteiro, energy minister of Neuquen province.