News of shale

Vaca Muerta awakes to reach record production levels

15-06-2021 16:32 Vaca Muerta shale mega-deposit reached historic levels of activity last month, according to a new report.

HEALTHCARE WORKERS PROTEST

Protesting health workers lift Vaca Muerta roadblocks

30-04-2021 19:58 Protesting health workers who have deployed roadblocks for the last four weeks, blocking traffic to the giant Vaca Muerta shale basin in Neuquén Province, said on Wednesday that they moved their protests to other parts of Patagonia.

Neuquén province

Shale industry rattled by social unrest in Patagonia

27-04-2021 22:09 Roadblocks near Vaca Muerta shale fields are about to enter their fourth week, with health workers on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic demanding higher wages.

BLOOMBERG

Oil tycoon Bulgheroni's low-carbon frack dream is proving a tough sell

22-04-2021 12:31 Billionaire Alejandro Bulgheroni’s dream of making fracking more environmentally friendly is running up against the reality of shale-patch economics.

BLOOMBERG

Vaca Muerta: Shale driller Vista emerges as a leading producer

01-03-2021 14:29 Vista Oil & Gas has become one of the largest oil producers in the shale-rich Vaca Muerta basin, and is aiming for further growth in 2021.

SHALE

Argentina’s shale ambitions hang in the balance

20-02-2021 05:59 YPFF needs to find more than US$1 billion to spur drilling at Vaca Muerta. At stake is not only the company’s growth strategy, but the future of the shale play itself.

AS I SEE IT

Weighed down by an entitlement culture

06-02-2021 09:50 Will Argentina be able to prosper in the brave new world that is coming our way? Not unless she manages to change lanes in the near future. As things stand, this is most unlikely to happen.

by James Neilson

Bloomberg

YPF to sell flagship office tower to keep shale dream alive

07-01-2021 15:52 YPF SA plans to sell its iconic office tower in Puerto Madero, which could bring in some US$400 million.

Pandemic fall-out

Via decree, government fixes price of ‘barril criollo’ at US$45

19-05-2020 17:45 More than a week after move was trailed heavily, Fernández administration imposes artificially fixed reference price in move to defend jobs and output levels – with an eye trained on Vaca Muerta shale.

Bloomberg

The crazy dream of US$45 oil could become reality in Argentina

07-05-2020 13:12 Brent crude has been practically soaring, touching US$30 in London. But it can’t match the 'criollo' barrel in Argentina, though - US$45 guaranteed, no matter what. That dream price doesn’t actually exist, but it could soon.

Bloomberg

Oil price war, virus pandemic postpones plans for Vaca Muerta

01-04-2020 16:56 Argentina's ‘Dead Cow’ oil play was set to the next Permian. But now that dream looks all but dead.

Bloomberg

Argentina’s shale trove risks staying buried, oil chiefs say

12-11-2019 11:21 Drillers in Argentina are scared that interventionist economic policies will foil the world’s next big shale hope.

Bloomberg

Troubled times in Latin America fail to dull Brazil's sheen

06-11-2019 13:56 For all its political woes and still-stale economy, Brazil is standing out to investors as an unlikely island of stability as trouble brews across Latin America.

BLOOMBERG

OPEC predicts market share will shrink in years to come, with shale on rise

05-11-2019 14:26 Producers expect demand for oil to slide by 7% over next four years, amid a flood of US shale supplies.

RELATIONS WITH WASHINGTON

Alberto Fernández planning US trip to visit Trump, oil majors

04-11-2019 15:20 Spokespeople for the Frente de Todos leader confirm president-elect intends to visit the US after his assumption on December 10, for a trip that would include a meeting with Donald Trump and a stop in Houston, Texas.

News of shale

Vaca Muerta awakes to reach record production levels

Protesting health workers lift Vaca Muerta roadblocks

Shale industry rattled by social unrest in Patagonia

Oil tycoon Bulgheroni's low-carbon frack dream is proving a tough sell

Vaca Muerta: Shale driller Vista emerges as a leading producer

Argentina’s shale ambitions hang in the balance

Weighed down by an entitlement culture

YPF to sell flagship office tower to keep shale dream alive

Via decree, government fixes price of ‘barril criollo’ at US$45

The crazy dream of US$45 oil could become reality in Argentina

Oil price war, virus pandemic postpones plans for Vaca Muerta

Argentina’s shale trove risks staying buried, oil chiefs say

Troubled times in Latin America fail to dull Brazil's sheen

OPEC predicts market share will shrink in years to come, with shale on rise

Alberto Fernández planning US trip to visit Trump, oil majors

Javier Milei: ‘The more people are against the ropes, the more they will embrace freedom’

Post-pandemic or a sign of panic?

Government unveils plan to ease Covid restrictions, reopen borders

Details of the government's new Covid restrictions

Austerity, the far-right and Uyghurs: Merkel's ambivalent legacy

Carolina Losada afirmó que no le dirá "presidenta" a Cristina Kirchner en el Senado

Un grupo de chicas agredió a Leandro Santoro en pleno centro porteño

El Reino Unido necesita 100 mil camioneros y tienta a extranjeros: ¿Cuál es el sueldo promedio?

Entre Ríos: revelaron cómo hizo el auto para terminar sobre la parada de colectivos

"Sorprendido" por su salida del gabinete, Nicolás Trotta contó sus "desencuentros" con Alberto Fernández