Tag: Vaca Muerta

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 09:09 UTC

  Is Argentina’s Shale Too Expensive To Drill?

  

  By Irina Slav, Oilprice.com – It is one of the most abundant shale plays in the world, with oil reserves of up to 16 billion barrels and gas reserves of 308 trillion cubic meters—resources that could guarantee a country’s energy independence and turn it into a relevant international supplier of oil and gas. But only if the price is right.

• Monday, June 29th 2020 - 10:55 UTC

  COVID-19 could crush Argentina’s shale boom

  

  By Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com – Holding some of the largest shale oil and gas reserves in the world, Argentina is often cited as the likely candidate for the next big shale boom, and Vaca Muerta is often described as having the potential to be South America’s Permian basin.

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:34 UTC

  Argentina's YPF returns successfully to money markets: issues US$ 164 million debt

  

  Argentina’s state energy company YPF said it issued debt of US$ 164 million on Wednesday, in a result it said exceeded its expectation.

• Monday, January 20th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina pledges bill to attract investment for production of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbons

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernandez will send a bill to Congress to attract investment for the production of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbons, a spokesman for the Production Development ministry said.

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  First shipment of Vaca Muerta shale LNG to Brazil

  

  Argentine oil company YPF SA has sold its first commercial liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to Brazilian state energy firm Petrobras, according to media reports in Buenos Aires.

• 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.

• Friday, September 6th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Alberto Fernandez pledges to honor debts as long as it doesn't harm Argentines

  

  Argentina's likely next president, opposition front-runner Alberto Fernandez, laid out his populist credentials during a visit to Madrid on Thursday, saying local Argentine interests would trump those of creditors and energy investors.

• Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 20:55 UTC

  Fernandez tells the mining industry that exports are “the only solution” for Argentina

  

  Argentina's opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez told mining companies and governors from key mining provinces on Monday that exports were “the only solution” for Argentina, his coalition said.

• Friday, August 2nd 2019 - 18:52 UTC

  Argentina's production of oil and gas goes up although Santa Cruz and Mendoza's go down

  

  The output of oil and gas in the Argentine province of Mendoza hit its lowest mark in ten years, contrary to what goes on in the rest of the country, local authorities have announced. The lack of calls for bids during previous administrations has been singled out as the cause of the poor results.

• Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:25 UTC

  Argentina expanding LNG pipeline from Vaca Muerta to Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina on Wednesday launched an international tender for a multibillion-dollar pipeline to transport natural gas from the Vaca Muerta shale formation in the western part of the country to capital Buenos Aires. Bids will be opened on September 12.