Argentina

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April 02, 2020
The Argentine region is often compared with the Permian basin in the U.S., with the promise to push out a million barrels of oil a day and turn around an economy on course for a third straight contraction this year.
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January 31, 2020
Equinor and its partner Shell have completed a joint acquisition of the 49% interest held by Schlumberger in the Bandurria Sur onshore block in Argentina’s Neuquén province. The consideration for each partner for their 24.5% interest is USD 177.5 million.
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November 11, 2019
Investments had been picking up in Vaca Muerta, a Maryland-sized shale formation in Patagonia that could turn the troubled nation into a global energy provider. But that was before leftist Alberto Fernandez won the presidential election last month.
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October 30, 2019
The Malvinas 3D survey will cover approximately 7,300 km² of the highly prospective Malvinas Basin, which saw spirited interest during Argentina Round 1 earlier this year.
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October 28, 2019
Some industry observers think Fernandez may provide drillers with a capital-controls loophole, which is what Kirchner did in 2013 to lure Chevron to Vaca Muerta.
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September 25, 2019
United States Ambassador to Argentina Edward Prado welcomed PESA to his residence in Buenos Aires to kick off the creation of the PESA Latin America Regional District, Argentina Chapter on Tuesday, September 24.
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September 04, 2019
“The LNG terminal will be a machine for bringing in dollars,” said Sebastian Mocorrea, YPF’s executive vice president for corporate affairs. “Nobody in their right mind would meddle with it.”
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August 21, 2019
The preliminary agreement sets the core terms and conditions for YPF’s transfer of 50% of its share in the CAN 100 offshore block, and will enable both companies to expand their alliance and move forward with the exploration process in the Argentinian offshore.
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July 26, 2019
YPF announced today that a preliminary agreement was reached with Excelerate Energy for the charter of an LNG carrier, which will export Argentina’s excess LNG to the global natural gas market.
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July 25, 2019
The Aguada Federal and Bandurria Norte blocks to be jointly developed hold significant unconventional oil and natural gas resources in the prospective Vaca Muerta shale formation.
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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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