Vaca Muerta

Argentina’s state oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales SA (YPF)  plans to spend $1.5 billion to boost oil and gas production this year in Neuquén province, home to the giant Vaca Muerta formation. YPF “has come out to announce its big effort to all Argentines, an investment that will translate into an important increase in oil…

Chevron Corp. CEO Michael Wirth during the annual investor meeting on Tuesday said the supermajor’s message to investors could best be summed up in four words: higher returns, lower carbon.  Wirth, together with his executive team, laid out a broad global development plan centered around increasing returns on capital employed while slicing the carbon intensity…

Chevron Corp. CEO Michael Wirth during the annual investor meeting on Tuesday said the supermajor’s message to investors could best be summed up in four words: higher returns, lower carbon.  Wirth, together with his executive team, laid out a broad global development plan centered around increasing returns on capital employed while slicing the carbon intensity…

Argentina through its Vaca Muerta formation and Brazil with its vast offshore pre-salt reserves, could become major players in international natural gas markets, but much needs to happen before this can occur, experts said this week. In a panel discussion at CERAWeek by IHS Markit on Wednesday, Argentina’s Pan American Energy CEO Marcos Bulgheroni said…

Oil production from the vaunted Vaca Muerta shale deposit in the Neuquén basin in Western Argentina has come roaring back after months of slower exploration and production activity. Vaca Muerta reached a record high of 124,000 b/d in December, and it can continue toward 145,000–150,000 by the end of 2021 if current activity levels continue,…

Oil production from the vaunted Vaca Muerta shale deposit in the Neuquén basin in Western Argentina has come roaring back after months of slower exploration and production activity. Vaca Muerta reached a record high of 124,000 b/d in December, and it can continue toward 145,000–150,000 by the end of 2021 if current activity levels continue,…

Natural gas production in Argentina fell by 12.9% year/year in October to 121.9 million cubic meters/day (MMm3/d), or 4.3 Bcf/d, according to the latest report by the IAE Argentine Energy Institute. Production was down from 4.37 Bcf/d in September.  Analysts attributed the drop to restrictions in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. Argentina has had…

Argentina is scheduled to announce the winners of bids in the natural gas tender program on Dec. 15, according to Energy Secretary Darío Martinez. Winning companies are to be judged based on a “mechanism that guarantees transparency and competitiveness between producers,” according to Martinez. The aim of the tender program is to reverse falling natural…

Executives at Argentina’s state energy firm Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales SA (YPF) said their oil and gas fields are starting to return to work after the complete shutdown in April that became “the worst” month in the company’s history. Argentina responded to the arrival of the coronavirus in March with strict lockdown measures that have only…