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.
The 600-well, 25-year development at the former ExxonMobil block is now the largest upstream commitment filed under Argentina's investment incentive regime.
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.
A $1.5 billion commitment to a single Vaca Muerta block and a new self-supply gas model have turned Argentina's largest power generator into an integrated oil producer — a transformation now documented in the company's annual SEC filing.
The five-year, four-unit deal covers Halliburton's high-intensity electric fracturing fleet and the OCTIV Auto Frac digital platform — the first international deployment of Zeus beyond North American basins
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
February output held at 874,000 bbl/d — a 15.8% year-on-year gain — confirming the new floor rather than a seasonal spike. Neuquén drove nearly seven in ten barrels, but a 126,000 bbl/d gap to the 1 million bbl/d target and unresolved transport constraints mean geology is no longer the binding variable
From floating LNG to crude export pipelines and NGL fractionation, a concurrent buildout across Vaca Muerta's full value chain represents the largest private investment cycle in Argentina's energy sector this century
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
The Latin American E&P company has launched a drilling campaign at its Loma Jarillosa Este block in Neuquén with $80–100 million budgeted for 2026, targeting a ramp from 1,500 bbl/d to 5,000–6,000 bbl/d by December — and 20,000 bbl/d by end-2028
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.
With seven professional training tracks and cutting-edge learning technology, the Vaca Muerta Institute was officially inaugurated at its headquarters in Neuquén’s Technology Park
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?
Since the United States and Israel struck Iran on Feb. 28, the Strait of Hormuz has entered an active crisis. Brent crude has risen above $100 a barrel for the first time in four years, the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market has been shaken, and fertilizer prices have already increased by as much as 35%. Argentina is playing on both sides of the field.
The announcement, made during Argentina Week in New York, includes the expansion of Tratayén, a 573-kilometer NGL pipeline and a maritime terminal in Bahía Blanca. The project could reach a final investment decision (FID) within 60 days, according to Shale24.
