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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.
The Group CEO of Pan American Energy closed the Democracia y Desarrollo forum alongside YPF's Horacio Marín. From the Hormuz shock to the petroleum coke now shipping to China, his read on Argentina's emerging export map
At the Shale24-Santander Energy Summit, CEO Rodolfo Freyre dated the start of construction on the 471-km dedicated pipeline and walked through the engineering still standing between the project and its first export cargo: a mooring system being built in Europe and anchored at 40 meters, a logistics base that does not yet exist at the Río Negro port, and a dedicated line that required project finance.
Halliburton, SLB, Tenaris, Calfrac and SPI split the 9,714 stages completed between January and April. SPI, the in-house unit Pluspetrol built on Weatherford Argentina's former assets, debuted as the fifth player; YPF locked Halliburton in with an exclusive five-year electric fracturing contract.
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.
Completion of the TK401 roof brings the consortium in line with the technical floor that the official schedule set for the first vessel to sail in December: two operational tanks at the terminal and one mooring buoy. With the pipeline more than 60% complete, what remains has a date.
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.
