YPF S.A. is Argentina’s leading energy company, with more than a century of experience in the exploration, production, refining, and commercialization of hydrocarbons. The company operates across the entire energy value chain, including oil, natural gas, fuels, petrochemicals, and power generation.
With operations throughout the country and a strong presence in the development of Vaca Muerta, one of the world’s largest unconventional hydrocarbon reserves, YPF plays a central role in Argentina’s energy supply. The company also promotes initiatives related to technological innovation, energy transition, and more efficient energy solutions, with the goal of strengthening national energy security and supporting Argentina’s economic growth.
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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
The shale gas arriving at the Loma La Lata plant now carries three times the ethane and propane and four times the natural gasoline of the conventional gas the company processed in 2001. Compañía Mega is responding with a $650 million expansion program and a separate $360 million phase filed under the RIGI.
The province formalized Pluspetrol's 50% cession to YPF in three feeder blocks. The third pillar — a provincial LNG law with a differentiated methane royalty — remains open.
QatarEnergy and Chevron's entry into Shell-operated blocks completed full consortium coverage of Uruguay's offshore platform for the first time. With $233 million in committed work programs, a 3D seismic campaign 22% complete, and APA Corporation's exploration well confirmed for 2026, the country's offshore push is locked in.
A consortium of Mubadala Capital, SIA Capital, and Neuss Capital has confirmed a binding offer for Argentina's largest metropolitan gas distributor. The distribution license extension to 2047 is the regulatory variable that determines asset value.
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
After returning $1 billion in U.S. offshore wind licenses to redirect capital to oil and gas, TotalEnergies is evaluating entry into the South Atlantic deepwater block where YPF and ENI are betting on a Namibia-style pre-salt play — and no company reads that geology with more authority
The real constraint isn't capital: the three OEM suppliers capable of rebuilding Ras Laffan's liquefaction trains entered 2026 with two-to-four-year backlogs — and Argentina needs the same equipment to build its own LNG export capacity
With Neuquén crude output at 600,000 bbl/d and the Duplicar Plus system approaching saturation, Argentina's two main midstream operators are racing to build crude, gas, and NGL evacuation infrastructure — and manage the capacity gap in between
The Italian major's CEO argued that speed of monetization — not capital retrenchment — is the right response to energy market volatility; Argentina, where ENI is committed to a $20 billion LNG project and a new deepwater block off Uruguay, is among his clearest test cases
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
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
In less than 24 hours, Iran struck Ras Laffan twice — the world’s largest liquefied natural gas export complex before the conflict — and hit refineries in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The benchmark crude price is trading at levels not seen since 2022. For Argentina, the equation has two sides, and neither is neutral.
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
