A 48-Inch Line
Argentina LNG Awards Construction of the Country's Largest-Diameter Gas Pipeline to a Pumpco-Led Consortium
The YPF-ENI-XRG venture handed the roughly $1.2 billion civil works for the 527-kilometer, 48-inch trunk line to a consortium of Pumpco, Bonatti, and Contreras Hermanos. The pipeline will move up to 100 million cubic meters per day (MMm³/d) of gas and remains tied to a final investment decision expected in the second half of 2026
The confirmation came from Vista Energy
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Governor formalized the councilors by decree
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Wet gas, condensate, and dry gas.
Aguada de la Arena Surges 60% to Rank Second Among YPF's Gas Blocks
The exported quantities increased by 78.5%.
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Countdown to Argentina's LNG Exports
Tecnimont, the Milan plant-engineering giant, lands in Vaca Muerta via Argentina LNG
Route and perspective
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Shale24-Santander Energy Summit
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Vaca Muerta Shale Play
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Shale is gaining strength
DLS Archer Ships First of Two Houston-Based Rigs to Vaca Muerta for YPF Drilling Campaign
The Argentine drilling services company is reconditioning two rigs at its Texas base before deployment in Neuquén province; the move will lift its local fleet to 10 and feeds YPF's plan to expand its rig count to 19 by year-end
Lifting cost, production on the line
Fitch Upgrades YPF to B- as Standalone Credit Profile Climbs a Full Notch
E&P INVESTMENT
YPF Closes Vista–Equinor Triangle, Lifts Stake in Bandurria Sur to 44.9% and Bajo del Toro to 65%
The state-controlled producer paid $163.175 million plus a $41 million closing adjustment to consolidate three Vaca Muerta blocks it already operated, completing the equity-side leg of the Plan 4x4 ahead of VMOS startup and the Argentina LNG final investment decision
116,655 barrels per day (bbl/d)
Vista Energy Output Jumps 67% as La Amarga Chica Stake and New Wells Drive Vaca Muerta Scale-Up
Hormuz risk is priced into Brent
Hormuz Crisis Reframes Vaca Muerta's Distance as a Strategic Asset
A plan for 600 wells in 25 years
Pluspetrol $12 Billion RIGI at Bajo del Choique–La Invernada
Global energy markets
Argentina LNG: ENI Tells Investors Its Largest-Ever LNG Project Runs Through Vaca Muerta
The map is now complete
Six Global Majors on Seven Blocks: Uruguay Closes Offshore Map, Confirms First Well in a Decade
The Nuclear Sector Roadmap
Argentina Sets Nuclear Doctrine to Open State Sector to Private Capital
High-grade silver-zinc-copper-gold
Belararox TMT Polymetallic Project
The rise of Argentine mining
Argentina Projects a Sixfold Rise in Mining Exports by 2035 to $36.25 Billion, Led by Copper and Lithium
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Regional expansion
OLACDE ranks Argentina as Latin America's largest gas producer as Vaca Muerta Shale drives the lead
The country now accounts for 21% of regional output. Latin American and Caribbean gas production reached 28 billion m³ in January 2026, a 27% year-on-year increase.
Top 3 worldwide in engineering and construction
Bechtel to Reopen Argentina Offices as RIGI-Backed Copper and LNG Pipeline Matures
The U.S.-based engineering and construction major — builder of BHP's Escondida expansion, Teck's Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 and Cheniere's Sabine Pass LNG terminal — confirmed the return after Chairman and CEO Brendan Bechtel met Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno in Buenos Aires
Loma Jarillosa Este covers 6,054 acres
GeoPark, GyP File $1 Billion RIGI Plan to Scale Vaca Muerta Output Tenfold
The Colombia-headquartered producer and Neuquén province's state oil and gas company will combine Loma Jarillosa Este and Puesto Silva Oeste under a single project vehicle, with a target of scaling output from 1,500 to 20,000 bbl/d in three years
US$6 billion annually in exports
YPF Submitted the US$25 Billion LLL Oil Project to RIGI: the Regime’s Largest Single Filing and an Integrated Cluster in Vaca Muerta
YPF's plan calls for 1,152 wells in Vaca Muerta and a 240,000 bbl/d crude plateau by 2032, all routed for export via VMOS. It is the first integrated cluster structure filed under the regime, and the first major upstream submission presented without partners, signaling a new phase of YPF's Plan 4x4.
Oil & Gas
Halliburton Will Pull Premium Frac Fleets From the U.S. to Run YPF's Vaca Muerta Contract
One week after the award, COO Shannon Slocum sized the deal for investors and confirmed the equipment is being relocated from a U.S. market where premium dual-fuel and electric frac capacity is structurally tight
National Industry
Tenaris Hands CEO Role to Gabriel Podskubka as Paolo Rocca Retains Chairmanship After 24 Years
The board appointed the Argentine engineer, who joined the Campana mill in 1995 and had served as COO since 2023. Rocca keeps strategic control as chairman of the company and president of the Techint Group. The transition was announced on the same day Q1 2026 results showed sales of $3.1 billion and a $3.8 billion net cash position.
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