Tecpetrol Raises Debt Ceiling to $3 Billion to Fund 70,000 bbl/d Shale Oil Buildout
The Techint Group's E&P subsidiary increased the cap on its local bond program as it pursues a $2.4 billion plan to scale Los Toldos II Este from 20,000 to 70,000 bbl/d within 18 months. Part of the new ceiling is already committed to outstanding instruments.
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Vista Energy Prices $500 Million in Senior Notes at 7.875% to Fund Vaca Muerta Drilling Program
Santa Cruz Ties Royalty Cuts to Investment Pledge
Governor Claudio Vidal presented the program to representatives of all operators active in the province. Royalties on new unconventional and offshore production would fall to 5% over a 10-year term
Trump's Iran Ceasefire Drops Brent $20 in Single Session, Worst Crude Rout Since April 2020
WTI's sharp intraday loss resets the oil market to $94 a barrel, but three unresolved variables — the April 10 Islamabad negotiations, Israel's Lebanon operation, and the unaccepted terms of Iran's 10-point proposal — keep both the April 21 deadline and the price in play
New Fractionation Capacity, Not Hormuz, Built Argentina's LPG Corridor to India
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YPF Adds Up to Five Rigs to Fill VMOS on Schedule, Targeting 250,000 bbl/d by December
The company will bring four to five additional drilling rigs online in staggered increments through 2026, timed to match first crude injection into the Vaca Muerta Oil Sur pipeline
Pluspetrol Sells Two More Vaca Muerta Blocks: Who Is the U.S. Buyer?
The company has sold its operating stakes in Los Toldos I Sur and Pampa de las Yeguas I to a U.S.-backed buyer — completing a 15-month portfolio reset that began the day it closed its $1.75 billion acquisition of ExxonMobil's Argentine subsidiary in December 2024
Paolo Rocca at CERAWeek: AI Could Lift Vaca Muerta's Shale Recovery Factor to 7%, Adding Up to $230 Billion in Subsurface Value
The Techint Group chairman argued that artificial intelligence applied to fracture design and reservoir management could add more than 3 billion barrels to Vaca Muerta's recoverable resource base — a figure Shale24 estimates at roughly $230 billion in potential subsurface value
War Has Made Argentina a Safe-Harbor Energy Supplier, Horacio Marín Argues at CERAWeek
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ADNOC Gas Cuts LNG Output as Hormuz Blockade Traps Das Island Tanker Traffic
ADNOC's LNG subsidiary disclosed "temporary operational adjustments" at its 6 MTPA Das Island plant after navigation disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz — making it the second major Gulf LNG exporter to report output cuts in three weeks, following Iranian missile strikes on QatarEnergy's Ras Laffan liquefaction infrastructure
"Economic Terrorism Against All Nations": Energy Leaders on the Middle East Conflict and the Future of Oil
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