The OFF-6 well is scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of 2027 with the Noble BlackHawk and will take 50 days to drill. APA will retain 60% and operatorship, while Eni, with 40%, will fund most of the well. The Italian company also operates OFF-5, which it shares equally with YPF, and the well will be the first test of the petroleum system both blocks depend on
The chairman of the country’s largest power distributor told LIDE Argentina’s Fórum Nacional de Energía that regulation must resolve how energy is allocated among distributors and how costs are passed through to tariffs. Edenor is studying how distributed generation and storage will change its relationship with large users
Ricardo Markous, CEO of the Techint Group’s oil company, outlined at LIDE’s Fórum Nacional de Energía the plan for Los Toldos II Este, the $6.4 billion shale oil development approved under the RIGI. He also compared Vaca Muerta’s productivity with the Permian’s and confirmed the company is studying the LNG business
On Nov. 24 and 25, Mercosur energy authorities, foreign ministries, regulators, international organizations and companies will work on the last stage of the study. On Nov. 25 at 3 p.m., an open event, in person and online, will present the results, a summary of the project and the agreements reached
The senator for Salta described mining as a “third turbine” generating dollars and argued that energy and mining need value chains, infrastructure in the provinces and political agreements that outlast a single term of government
Circular 3, which the Ministry of Economy added to the tender documents, adds 40 days to the schedule for the Belgrano, San Martín and Urquiza lines, reopens queries until Dec. 3 and changes how bidders prove net worth, experience and financial statements. The new rules weigh on how the groups eyeing the business, including those linked to mining, put their consortia together
Nicolás López, of TGS's NGL Project, presented progress at Tratayén, on the 20-inch liquids pipeline and in Bahía Blanca, where piling for the storage plant has reached 50%. In its first stage, the system will carry about 8,000 tonnes per day of liquids
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The generator's CEO said the next challenge is reaching 60% contracting, the step set by Resolution 293/2026, and that bringing distribution companies into long-term contracts requires changes to national and provincial regulations
The 25-year contract for the Bare Block has taken effect, and the company has completed the purchase of the remaining 95% of the vehicle that holds it, paid entirely in shares. The Orinoco Belt operation adds a third investment front to Colombia and Neuquén, where the Argentine subsidiary will guarantee the 2033 bond announced in October, whose planned use of proceeds includes 18 months of investment in Vaca Muerta
The U.S. export bank is reviewing upward the US$7 billion signed in September, of which US$6 billion is earmarked for Argentina LNG. Alejandro Díaz, CEO of AmCham, said following Christopher Landau’s visit that the DFC is separately analyzing another US$20 billion, which would bring the combined backing from both agencies to US$30 billion
The agreement combines credit, guarantees, training and support for modern irrigation in Calingasta, and backs the local supplier development commitment that McEwen Copper's copper project made when it joined the RIGI
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The Finnish company will supply the plant for the Uspallata copper project, which will incorporate flotation and tailings filtration. According to PSJ, capacity will increase by 50% compared with the original plan, with the same already-approved water requirement of 141 litres per second
The company will issue Class L notes, denominated in dollars with a 36-month term, to develop energy storage projects under the AlmaGBA and AlmaSADI programs. According to the company, it has already issued more than US$1.2 billion in green bonds and accounts for 23% of the country’s installed renewable capacity
The $110 million plant in Retamito has been selling power to private offtakers under the MATER since reaching full commercial operation in June, according to the prospectus Genneia filed for its planned New York listing. It lifts the company's solar capacity in San Juan to 349.2 MW
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
The country manager of the Caterpillar dealer spoke with Shale24 in Neuquen. The company aims to more than triple its size in Argentina by 2030, with metal mining as the main driver, and Wilson is calling for technicians to be trained now, before the wave of projects arrives
Speaking in Rosario, CEO Horacio Marín raised YPF's Vaca Muerta rig target to 30 for next year and laid out Argentina LNG's cost structure five weeks ahead of the project's planned final investment decision
At the Rosario Board of Trade, YPF's chief executive projected $500 million in annual exports from the Santa Fe biorefinery by 2030 and gave the first public account of how the idle plant became a SAF project
CEO Ricardo Hösel told Shale24 the company will choose between a new line, repowering the Medanito pumping station, or both by early 2027, depending on how much capacity producers request
The Italian contractor will work with Techint E&C for 11 months on a new 4,450 t/d urea unit in Bahia Blanca. Adecoagro is weighing an investment of up to $2 billion and a RIGI application, while Pampa Energía's own urea plant is already moving ahead
The Cordoba plant's scheduled maintenance outage, on top of Atucha I's life-extension shutdown since 2024, takes 1,018 MW of Argentina's 1,763 MW of installed nuclear capacity offline. Atucha II will carry all of the country's nuclear generation for about eight weeks
Economy Ministry Resolution 1771/2026 formally admits the Tecpetrol–GyP joint venture, breaks down the $6.43 billion plan, sets Aug. 31, 2027 as the deadline for minimum investment and allows the venture to offer processing and transport services to third parties. The project also cleared a new Foreign Ministry screening tied to the Falklands (Malvinas)
