YPF expects to reach a plateau of about 80,000 barrels of oil per day and 3 million cubic meters of gas per day between 2033 and 2040
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YPF Files $8.7 Billion RIGI Application for Bajo del Toro, Targeting 80,000 bbl/d in Northern Vaca Muerta

The project, which YPF operates with 65% and shares with Vista, calls for 440 wells and about $25 billion in exports between 2027 and 2055. It is one of three North Hub developments the company announced with its third-quarter results, and its crude plateau approaches the capacity of the treatment plant YPF plans to build on the block

Julián Guarino

TGS’s General Cerri Complex, in the town of General Daniel Cerri, about 10 km from Bahía Blanca, province of Buenos Aires
Third-quarter results

TGS: liquids now generate the same operating income as gas transportation, and the company nearly tripled the funds it allocates to investment

Operating income from the liquids business rose 21% and is now practically on par with that of regulated transportation. The gas transporter applied ARS 471,077 million to investing activities, took on US$221 million in debt, and has already contracted 96% of the capacity of its liquids project in Vaca Muerta. It posted a profit of ARS 110,505 million for the quarter

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