Argentina

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July 19, 2019
McDermott to provide Pre-FEED services to YPF for a five MTPA liquefication facility project at Vaca Muerta LNG in Argentina
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July 12, 2019
Argentina’s domestic natural gas production has been rising steadily in the past three years, largely because of increasing production from the Neuquén basin’s Vaca Muerta shale and tight gas play.
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June 25, 2019
Along the western edge of Argentina’s Patagonia, on an arid steppe nestled against the Andes mountains, lies a shale formation known as Vaca Muerta.
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June 11, 2019
Exxon Mobil is proceeding with a long-term oil development in Argentina’s Bajo del Choique-La Invernada block.
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May 20, 2019
The Argentinian authorities officially awarded the exploration license of offshore block MLO 124 to an Eni-led consortium.
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May 13, 2019
Cubility AS, a leading provider of solids control solutions that improve efficiencies, solids control and HSE around drilling operations, has announced an exclusive partnership with Argentinian solids control specialists Polyar SA to market, sell and support its MudCube solution across Argentina.
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May 09, 2019
Expertise in unconventionals is growing by leaps and bounds in Argentina, and operators are also taking a hard look at the country’s offshore potential.
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May 05, 2019
Change of leadership at Wintershall Energía (soon to be Wintershall Dea Argentina): Manfred Böckmann took over the position of managing director in Argentina as of May 1, 2019.
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April 17, 2019
Wintershall won the bidding process for two blocks in the promising Malvinas Basin off the coast of Tierra del Fuego as part of the “Costa Afuera” licensing round. In addition to the CMA-1 exploitation concession, with this award, the company will participate in further offshore exploration projects in Argentina.
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April 17, 2019
Equinor adds seven offshore exploration blocks to its portfolio, after presenting winning bids in the 1st Offshore Licensing Round in Argentina.
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April 17, 2019
Argentina's first national offshore licensing round was held yesterday, April 16, 2019, in Buenos Aires.
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April 16, 2019
ExxonMobil has increased holdings in Argentina after its subsidiary ExxonMobil Argentina Offshore Investments B.V. and an affiliate of Qatar Petroleum won three exploration blocks during Argentina’s first offshore bid round.
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April 04, 2019
Phoenix Global Resources plc, the upstream oil and gas company offering its investors direct exposure to Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale formation and other unconventional resources, has announced that it has been granted an unconventional concession for its Puesto Rojas Block in Mendoza Province.
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April 01, 2019
Sand shoveled out of an Argentina river used to transport soybeans may soon reappear 700 mi (1,100 km) away in the country’s booming shale fields.
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February 27, 2019
U.S. Gulf refiners are bidding up prices for Colombian crude amid sanctions on Venezuelan imports, historically one of America’s top oil suppliers.
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January 01, 2019
Exmar has announced that its Floating LNG Liquefaction Unit (FLNG), to be renamed Tango FLNG, has left China to the destination of its liquefaction operations: Bahia Blanca, Argentina.
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December 20, 2018
President Energy, the upstream oil and gas company with a diverse portfolio of production and exploration assets focused primarily in Argentina, has provided the following update relating to the New Puesto Prado and Las Bases Concessions in Rio Negro Province, Argentina.
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December 18, 2018
President Energy, the upstream oil and gas company with a diverse portfolio of production and exploration assets focused primarily in Argentina, has provided the following update relating to the Puesto Flores Concession in Rio Negro Province, Argentina.
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December 07, 2018
President Energy has provided an update relating to its concessions in Rio Negro Province, Argentina (President 90% and operator - EDHIPSA 10%) including the Puesto Flores/Estancia Vieja Concession ("PF/EV").
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November 28, 2018
President Energy, the upstream oil and gas company with a diverse portfolio of production and exploration assets focused primarily in Argentina, has provided details on the completion of the acquisition of its interests in the Las Bases and Puesto Prado Concessions, Rio Negro Province, Argentina (President, Operator and 90%; EDHIPSA, 10%).
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November 22, 2018
President Energy has provided an update on its drilling program at the Puesto Flores/Estancia Vieja Concession, Rio Negro Province, Argentina.
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