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https://www.pan-energy.com/The leading producer, employer, and private investor in Argentina’s energy sector. It is an integrated company spanning Upstream, Midstream, Downstream, and renewable energy.
Headquartered in Buenos Aires (CABA), Comodoro Rivadavia (Chubut), and Neuquén. Regional operations in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Paraguay.
Decree 447/26 authorizes Pan American Energy to transfer 13% of its working interest to Continental Resources Argentina S.A.U. The final structure leaves PAE with 52% as operator, Continental with 13%, and Tango Energy with 35%. It is the first formal closing of the January framework, ahead of pending approvals on three Neuquén blocks.
A Sicim–Víctor Contreras joint venture won the 471-km Tratayén–Golfo San Matías line, while Neuquén-based OPS will build the intermediate compressor station for the Southern Energy LNG project
Harbour's April Investor Meet, signed by CEO Linda Z. Cook, formalizes Argentina alongside Norway, the U.K., the U.S. and Mexico as one of five jurisdictions accounting for nearly 90% of a portfolio targeting 475,000 to 500,000 boe/d in 2026 after the $3.2 billion LLOG acquisition
The German utility that signed the first long-term offtake contract for Argentine LNG has asked Berlin to approve a capital increase of as much as €2 billion — the first formal step in an ownership dilution mandated by the European Commission
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum convened a 45-minute call with the CEOs of ExxonMobil, Chevron, Occidental Petroleum and Continental Resources. The U.S. rig count has fallen to 543, the Permian is holding at 242, and independent producers plan flat 2026 capital expenditure. For Argentina, the read-through runs through capital: when price-drilling elasticity breaks in the dominant basin, rotation into Vaca Muerta stops being an optional bet.
The Norwegian and Dutch specialists will transport, install, and connect the soft yoke (SSY) mooring systems for the Hilli Episeyo and MKII FLNG vessels in Argentina's Golfo San Matías in Río Negro province. Combined capacity of 5.95 MTPA is scheduled to reach the Atlantic market in 2027 and 2028.
Across 4 exploratory campaigns, YPF will have invested close to $280 million in the Austral Basin formation without producing a single commercial barrel — on the same day 14 provincial operators signed a 10-year, 5% royalty program for unconventional production
The 12-year instrument, placed in international markets at a coupon below the 8% threshold, anchors annual capital expenditure of $1.5–$1.6 billion through 2028, positioning Vista as the second Argentine upstream company to tap international debt markets this year
In January, he halted drilling in North Dakota for the first time in 30 years. Weeks later, he traveled to New York to deepen his position in Argentina’s Neuquén Basin. “The rock doesn’t know which country it’s in,” said the businessman and adviser to Donald Trump.
The company, created by Aconcagua Energía together with Patagonian partners, is betting on the San Jorge Gulf Basin as a growth platform and is preparing to enter the unconventional segment. The strategic deal adds a significant portfolio of 24 rigs, including drilling, workover, pulling and specialized service units.
Wood Mackenzie quantified the scale of the effort the industry will need to undertake to turn Vaca Muerta into a shale oil export hub. The key question: can execution capacity keep pace without creating bottlenecks?
The transfer of Manantiales Behr to PECOM Servicios Energía S.A.U. has already been approved by the board and is pending before the provincial authorities. Even so, Horacio Marín announced in New York that the company is not closing the door on unconventional development in Chubut. The regulatory mechanism that would enable that already exists, and Pan American Energy activated it in Cerro Dragón.
With Veladero and Diablillos, the sector now accounts for six of the 12 projects approved under the regime. The pending pipeline — led by Glencore with $13.5 billion in copper projects — suggests that share will grow even further.
The company coordinated the international project cargo operation from France to the San Jorge Gulf Basin for two modular polymer injection plants, a key component of its tertiary recovery (EOR) plan, which calls for significant investment.
Argentina’s negotiable obligations market tops $20B in 2025, projects another solid year in 2026 as energy accounts for nearly half of corporate financing
