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With resources that place it among the world’s 10 largest undeveloped copper deposits — more than 13 million metric tons of measured and indicated copper, 32 million ounces of gold and 659 million ounces of silver — Vicuña represents the largest greenfield copper discovery in the past 30 years.
Horacio Marín told Shale24 that the U.S. giant will lead the project finance for the priority 12-MTPA phase once the binding agreement with ADNOC is signed. The FID would be taken in mid-2026, and exports would begin in 2030–31.
In an interview with Shale24, Horacio Marín said that XRG could finally sign a binding agreement before the end of the year. The potential impact for Argentina in numbers.
The CEO and President of YPF set out three ambitious goals for 2026 while highlighting the progress achieved so far, with energy focused on boosting operational efficiency and reducing costs.
Southern Energy will ship up to 2 million metric tons per year of LNG to SEFE Securing Energy for Europe for eight years beginning in 2027.
While U.S. shale basins face the maturity of oil fields that once seemed endless, the opposite is unfolding in Argentina’s Patagonia: Vaca Muerta is just getting started, and its momentum is already making allies and rivals take notice.
Vaca Muerta is now the world’s second-most productive shale formation, trailing only the Permian Basin in the United States. Here are the numbers, drivers and projections behind a level of growth Argentina has never seen before.
During Vista Energy’s recent Investor Day, where Miguel Galuccio, the company’s chief executive, laid out a strategic plan that includes a US$4.5 billion investment in Vaca Muerta through 2028, Shale24 secured an exclusive interview to capture his outlook.
