Argentina
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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.
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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%).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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November 28, 2017
One of the world’s biggest shale formations is getting caught up in Argentina’s efforts to balance its books.
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November 17, 2017
Jay Newman, the former hedge fund manager who helped billionaire Paul Singer win a 15-year fight against Argentina, has a word of caution for investors looking to replicate his success amid the chaos unfolding in Venezuela.
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November 06, 2017
President Energy Plc, the upstream oil and gas company is pleased to announce the results of a new integrated basin study and geochemical survey over the exploration assets of the Company centered on its Puesto Guardian Concession, Matorras and Ocultar Licenses, which have resulted in significant upgrades to the Company’s Prospective Resources.
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November 01, 2017
Echo Energy plc, the South and Central American focused upstream gas company, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding farm-in agreement with Compañía General de Combustibles S.A. (CGC), a privately-owned subsidiary of the Argentinian conglomerate Corporación América International, for the acquisition by Echo of a 50% interest in each of the Fracción C, Fracción D, Laguna de los Capones and Tapi Aike licences, onshore Argentina.
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October 25, 2017
ExxonMobil announced today that the Neuquén Province government has approved the investment plan for the development of a 35-year unconventional exploitation concession in the Los Toldos I South block.
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October 17, 2017
President Energy, the upstream oil and gas company with assets focused primarily in Argentina, has announced that it has already banked the proceeds from its first delivery of oil from Puesto Flores field.
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October 03, 2017
Dover Artificial Lift has announced its acquisition of PCP Oil Tools in Argentina.
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September 11, 2017
BP today announced that it has agreed with Bridas Corporation to form a new integrated energy company by combining their interests in the oil and gas producer Pan American Energy (PAE) and the refiner and marketer Axion Energy in a cash-free transaction.
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August 28, 2017
Ricardo Darre, CEO of YPF SA, has resigned as Argentina’s largest oil producer prepares to sell at least $1 billion in assets and focus on developing the world’s second-biggest reserve of shale gas.
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August 25, 2017
The recovery in the global land drilling market, led by North America, is being sustained, according to first half figures from Westwood Global Energy Group, energy market research consultancy firm. The drive, both in the U.S. and internationally, for drilling wells with longer laterals and on multi-well pads, is creating demand for high-horsepower, modern rigs that can minimize time between each well.
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August 25, 2017
Statoil and Argentina’s leading energy company YPF have entered into an agreement to jointly explore hydrocarbons in the Bajo del Toro block in the Neuquén basin onshore Argentina.
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August 11, 2017
GeoPark Limited and Wintershall Energía S.A., a subsidiary of the BASF group, the fourth-largest gas producer in Argentina with over 15 blocks, have announced the discovery of a new oil field in the CN-V block (GeoPark 50% WI, Wintershall 50% WI) in the Neuquen basin, Mendoza Province of Argentina.
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July 18, 2017
Argentina's state-run oil firm YPF SA, France's Total SA, Wintershall Energía SA and BP unit Pan American Energy LLC announced a $1.15-billion joint investment on Tuesday to increase shale gas production.
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June 14, 2017
President Energy, the upstream oil and gas company provides an update on its work-over program at its Puesto Guardian Concession, Argentina.
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May 12, 2017
Wintershall has launched its second operated shale oil pilot project in Argentina (100% working interest). The company has spud the first of three horizontal pilot wells in the Bandurria Norte block, which is located in the western Argentinean province of Neuquén.
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May 09, 2017
Production from the seven most advanced developments in the Vaca Muerta play (covering only 8% of play acreage), is expected to increase by 43% in 2017 to 77,000 boed, and to double 2016 levels by 2018 to 113,000 boed, according to the new Vaca Muerta Development Study by Wood Mackenzie.
