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Spanish oil and gas producer Repsol has taken a case against the Argentine state, claiming the South American country acted wrongly in nationalising Repsol's subsidiary, YPF. Argentine government sources said the complaint had been lodged with the World Bank’s International Centre...
Repsol has pressed charges against Chevron over “disloyal competition,” after the US company reached an agreement with its former Argentine branch YPF to conduct explorations in the Vaca Muerta reservoir, a company spokesman announced. A Madrid court has accepted the case, which complements...
Americas Petrogas provides an update on its shale oil and gas operations in Argentina. On the Totoral block (Americas Petrogas – 90% working interest and operator), the Company has completed all logistics and is about to perform an hydraulic fracture stimulation program, followed by...
Chevron and YPF have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop resources in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale formation. The agreement came shortly before a luncheon held at YPF’s headquarters in Buenos Aires with President and CEO of YPF, Miguel Galuccio, and Chevron President for...
Argentina's state-controlled YPF has made new shale discoveries in the provinces of Chubut and Santa Cruz, according to CEO Miguel Galuccio during the presentation of the company's new 2013-17 plan. The discoveries in the D-129 formation located in the Golfo San Jorge basin will be of "strategic...
Argentine YPF and Venezuela’s PDVSA will be working together alongside Argentina’s state-owned energy company Enarsa, announced Julio De Vido, Minister for Federal Planning, Public Investment and Services. Both countries agreed that the working alliance will open up opportunities to extract...
In order to avoid domestic shortages due to cold weather, Argentina has stopped natural gas deliveries to Paraguay. The president of Paraguayan natural gas company Capagas said that Paraguay has enough natural gas to meet all domestic demand through July and August, and that the suspension...
Americas Petrogas announced that drilling has commenced on the Aguada Los Loros x-1 (ALL.x-1) unconventional, shale exploration well on the Los Toldos I block (98,300 gross acres or 398 square kilometers or 154 sections) located in the Neuquen Basin of Argentina. This is the second well within the farmout...
Argentina plans to buy liquefied natural gas from Angola LNG as soon as negotiations with Sonangol are finished, said Argentina’s ambassador to Angola cited by state newspaper Jornal de Angola. Last Friday Spanish group Repsol, in a dispute with the Argentinean government because of...
Vast reserves of natural gas and oil trapped underground, whose exploitation would signify major environmental impacts, will be the greatest challenge facing YPF, the Argentine oil company that recently returned to state control. While experts in various branches of engineering and economics are enthusiastic...