Argentina

News
June 22, 2018
Javier Iguacel has left the road for the oilfield, and that may mean a complete about-face on Argentine energy policies.
News
June 21, 2018
Echo Energy plc, the Latin American focused upstream oil and gas company, has announced that a significant light oil column has been interpreted in its third well, onshore Argentina.
News
June 18, 2018
President Energy, the upstream oil and gas company with a diverse portfolio of production and exploration assets focused primarily in Argentina, provides an update in relation to its workover program at Puesto Flores field in Rio Negro Province, Argentina.
News
June 17, 2018
The U.S. government is getting in on a shale boom 5,000 mi (8,000 km) from home.
News
June 11, 2018
GeoPark Limited, a leading independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and growth platforms in Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil and Chile, today announced further expansion in the Neuquen basin in Argentina with the acquisition of Los Parlamentos Block in partnership with YPF S.A. (YPF), the largest oil and gas producer in Argentina.
News
June 11, 2018
Echo Energy plc, the Latin American focused upstream oil and gas company, announces the succesful completion of the extended well test following the workover on well CSo-85 located in the mature Cañadon Salto field in the Company's Fracción D asset, in Joint Venture between Echo and its Argentine partner Compañía General de Combustibles S.A. (CGC).
News
June 06, 2018
Echo Energy plc, the Latin American focused upstream oil and gas company, announces the succesful completion of drilling of the ELA-1 exploration well at the Company's Laguna Los Capones Asset (surrounded by the Fracción C licence area), onshore Argentina.
News
June 04, 2018
Qatar Petroleum has entered an agreement with ExxonMobil to become a 30% equity holder in two ExxonMobil affiliates in Argentina, which hold different interests in hydrocarbon licenses for seven blocks in the world-class Vaca Muerta play in the onshore Neuquén basin.
News
May 18, 2018
Echo Energy plc, the Latin American focused upstream oil and gas company, has announced the successful completion of the ELM-1004 exploration well drilling at the Company's Fracción C asset, onshore Argentina, and a gas discovery for the first well in its four-well exploration campaign.
News
May 09, 2018
Echo Energy plc, the Latin American focused upstream oil and gas company, has announced the commencement of drilling of the first exploration well in a four-well, back-to-back campaign in the Company's Fracción C asset, onshore Argentina.
News
April 23, 2018
Echo Energy plc, the Latin American focused upstream oil and gas company, has announced the successful and safe completion of the second workover of the three-well workover campaign at the Company's Fracción D asset, onshore Argentina.
News
April 13, 2018
Echo Energy plc, the Latin American focused upstream oil and gas company, has announced gas to surface on the first well of a three-well workover campaign at the Company's Fracción D asset, onshore Argentina.
News
April 06, 2018
Echo Energy plc, the Latin American focused upstream oil and gas company, is pleased to announce the mobilization of the rig for a three well workover campaign at the Company's Fracción D asset, onshore Argentina.
News
March 29, 2018
Argentina’s energy minister, a millionaire who spent decades at Royal Dutch Shell Plc, is wooing the world’s biggest oil companies to invest in a nation still recovering from its 2001 default.
News
March 23, 2018
Argentina is readying a tender for a $500 million train line that could help unlock the potential of Vaca Muerta, one of the world’s biggest shale plays, Transport Minister Guillermo Dietrich said in an interview.
News
March 05, 2018
President Energy, the upstream oil and gas company with a diverse portfolio of production and exploration assets focused primarily in Argentina, announces the results of the latest Argentine yearly reserves certified as at Dec. 31, 2017, conducted by JR Consultores led by Juan Rosbaco, a leading Argentine Reserves auditor.
News
February 12, 2018
Echo Energy plc, the South and Central American focused upstream oil and gas company, is pleased to announce its 2018 work program, onshore Argentina.
News
January 12, 2018
President Energy, the upstream oil and gas company with a diverse portfolio of production and exploration assets focused primarily in Argentina is pleased to announce successful results from its third and fourth workover wells at Puesto Flores field, Rio Negro Province, Argentina (President 90% and Operator: Ediphsa 10%).
News
December 15, 2017
President Energy, the upstream oil and gas company with a diverse portfolio of production and exploration assets focused primarily in Argentina is pleased to announce successful results from its first two workover program wells at Puesto Flores field, Rio Negro Province, Argentina.
News
December 12, 2017
President Energy has announced that the Rio Negro Provincial Legislature has approved the 10-year extension agreement for the Puesto Flores and Estancia Vieja Concession in that Province in Argentina.
News
November 30, 2017
As part of the Argentina’s Gas y Petróleo del Neuquén’s (GyP) 5th bidding round, Statoil has been awarded the Bajo del Toro Este exploration license as operator in the Neuquén basin.
Connect with World Oil
Connect with World Oil, the upstream industry's most trusted source of forecast data, industry trends, and insights into operational and technological advances.