At the IAPG's 4th Oil Conference, attended by Shale24, the director of G&G Energy Consultants projected record crude exports and an energy trade surplus of up to $13 billion. He warned that interference between fractures is already emerging in the most heavily drilled blocks and that net growth will come from new developments
Cornejo and his counterparts from Jujuy, Salta, San Juan and Catamarca will lead the first day of the second Sustainable Mining Summit on November 19. The agenda adds panels on financing, exploration and the copper market, with BHP and Teck Resources on the program
Andes Corporación Minera, the operator of McEwen Copper’s project in Calingasta, will join the Board for the 2026–2028 term. The mine is projected to produce an average of 148,200 tonnes of cathodes per year and is targeting its final investment decision for mid-2027
Decree 1349/2026 brings the continuity of five expired concessions under a single April 30, 2027 deadline, gives the concessionaires seven days to opt in and delegates to the Secretariat of Energy the guidelines for the tenders and the signing of the new contracts
The first weld was made at the Spread Sur work front, near the Río Negro river crossing. The project, with financing from a u$s900 million syndicated loan, is scheduled for completion in mid-2028 and will supply the two liquefaction vessels Southern Energy will install in the Golfo San Matías
The Statistical Compendium of Argentina's National Mining Secretariat ranks gold as the top export product, followed by lithium and silver. Santa Cruz and San Juan accounted for more than 60% of the sector's foreign sales
The president and CEO of AES Argentina said the United States adds about 150 TWh of consumption a year, more than 80% of it from data centers. He warned that equipment supply is running behind demand and called for country risk to keep falling so Argentina can compete for capital
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The Senate passed into law, without changes, the bill the Chamber of Deputies had approved in October. The law will replace Law 7526, in force since 2006, and sets rules for mature conventional areas and for Mendoza's portion of Vaca Muerta. Governor Alfredo Cornejo had announced that the bill would be sent to the Legislature at the Mendoza Energy Summit
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 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
Speaking at LIDE Argentina's National Energy Forum, the transmission company's general manager said generation and distribution need rules that are enforced, as well as transmission works. The AMBA I tender, an $800 million project with some 270 km of lines, takes bids in December
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
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
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
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
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
Argentina's secretary of energy told the 4th Natural Gas and LNG Conference 2026 that the domestic gas market will have to develop through private contracts. She said the government is working on regulatory changes so those agreements are recognized in the supply scheme
Argentina’s Secretary of Nuclear Affairs, Federico Ramos Napoli, met Michael Goff of the US Department of Energy at the IAEA Ministerial Conference in Korea. Both delegations agreed on the need to reduce costs and bring predictability to investment, without compromising nuclear safety standards
The Corven Group company, which is developing 100 MW of storage awarded in the AlmaGBA tender with an estimated investment of US$90 million, argued at CIGRE Argentina’s BESS Seminar 2026 that the lack of transmission capacity makes it necessary to optimize costs and bring projects closer to demand
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
The company expects to recover 672 MW within 24 months and add the first 160 MW at Macagua in about 90 days. The program calls for hiring more than 1,000 workers
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
