RIGI Upstream
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.
More wind and solar power to come
Argentina wind generation climbs 7.9% in early 2026 as system reaches 71 active farms
Vaca Muerta Shale Play
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Argentina's largest independent oil producer
Vista Energy Prices $500 Million in Senior Notes at 7.875% to Fund Vaca Muerta Drilling Program
Upstream / Fiscal Policy
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
what happens over the next two weeks
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
The relationship with the new Asian giant
New Fractionation Capacity, Not Hormuz, Built Argentina's LPG Corridor to India
War in the Middle East
Iran Strikes Al Jubail: IRGC Missiles and Drones Hit World's Largest Petrochemical Complex
Prices reflect that scale
OPEC+ Approves 206,000 bbl/d May Increase Its Gulf Members Cannot Execute
The previous absolute peak dated back to 1998
Argentina Holds Above Its 1998 Oil Record for Second Straight Month — but the Million-Barrel Target Needs a Faster Ramp
Argentina's advantage in the current global context is geographic
Seven Strategic Projects, $30 Billion-Plus: Argentina's Largest Private Energy Infrastructure Cycle
Shell holds a 30% stake in QatarEnergy LNG
Shell CEO Sawan Warns at CERAWeek: Europe Faces April Energy Crunch as Hormuz Disruption Cascades West
It has 360,000 panels
Mendoza: Genneia launches Anchoris, one of Argentina’s largest solar parks
The rise of artificial intelligence
ABB CEO Warns Electricity Demand Will Outpace Total Energy Growth 2.5-Fold by 2030
Opinion for International Women’s Day
Talent to lead: a broader conversation than gender
Large Investment Incentive Regime
RIGI: Mining surpasses energy in approved projects and unlocks larger investment pipeline
Amarillo Grande project
Blue Sky confirms high-grade uranium mineralization in Río Negro
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The company currently operates 13 drilling rigs in the Neuquén Basin
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
Maximize its position in the highest-productivity blocks
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
One of Vaca Muerta's largest shale gas producers
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
Argentina LNG Project
War Has Made Argentina a Safe-Harbor Energy Supplier, Horacio Marín Argues at CERAWeek
With partner Sultan Al Jaber joining virtually from Abu Dhabi — after Iranian strikes hit ADNOC infrastructure — the YPF CEO cast the Hormuz closure as a structural commercial advantage for Argentina's Atlantic LNG routes; FID remains on track for October 2026
Abu Dhabi's state oil company
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
CERAWeek 2026
"Economic Terrorism Against All Nations": Energy Leaders on the Middle East Conflict and the Future of Oil
The world's largest energy conference opened Monday under the shadow of the biggest supply disruption in history. These are the voices that defined Day One
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