Argentina
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March 05, 2018
President Energy, the upstream oil and gas company with a diverse portfolio of production and exploration assets focused primarily in Argentina, announces the results of the latest Argentine yearly reserves certified as at Dec. 31, 2017, conducted by JR Consultores led by Juan Rosbaco, a leading Argentine Reserves auditor.
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February 12, 2018
Echo Energy plc, the South and Central American focused upstream oil and gas company, is pleased to announce its 2018 work program, onshore Argentina.
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January 12, 2018
President Energy, the upstream oil and gas company with a diverse portfolio of production and exploration assets focused primarily in Argentina is pleased to announce successful results from its third and fourth workover wells at Puesto Flores field, Rio Negro Province, Argentina (President 90% and Operator: Ediphsa 10%).
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May 12, 2017
Wintershall has launched its second operated shale oil pilot project in Argentina (100% working interest). The company has spud the first of three horizontal pilot wells in the Bandurria Norte block, which is located in the western Argentinean province of Neuquén.
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May 09, 2017
Production from the seven most advanced developments in the Vaca Muerta play (covering only 8% of play acreage), is expected to increase by 43% in 2017 to 77,000 boed, and to double 2016 levels by 2018 to 113,000 boed, according to the new Vaca Muerta Development Study by Wood Mackenzie.
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April 27, 2017
Total SA will spend $500 million over three to four years to develop a shale-gas field in Argentina as the country’s government lures investors by pledging a minimum price.
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April 25, 2017
Argentina’s Vaca Muerta, one of the largest shale formations outside of North America, offers tons of promise for the country’s energy future. Just don’t hold your breath waiting for it.
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April 14, 2017
Schlumberger President of Operations, Patrick Schorn, and YPF Chairman, Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez, have signed an agreement to start a shale oil pilot project in Bandurria Sur Block in Vaca Muerta, Neuquén.
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April 03, 2017
Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. recently worked with Compañía General de Combustibles (CGC) to complete a 10-stage StackFRAC HD multi-stage system, the first well completed with ball-activated technology in southern Argentina's Santa Cruz province.
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March 29, 2017
Further to the Company’s announcement on March 10, 2017, President Energy has announced that the second workover of a previously producing well, DP1001, at Dos Puntitas field, has achieved successful production substantially ahead of rates prior to it being shut-in.
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March 20, 2017
Madalena Energy Inc. has announced the commencement of the first horizontal multi-frac re-entry in the Vaca Muerta shale formation at Coiron Amargo Sur Este (CASE).
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March 10, 2017
Further to the Company’s announcement on Feb. 20, 2017, President Energy has announced that the first workover of a previously producing well, DP12 at Dos Puntitas field in Argentina, has been completed on time and on budget.
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February 24, 2017
Shell Argentina Country Chairman Teófilo Lacroze and YPF Chairman Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez have signed preliminary terms and conditions of an agreement to develop a shale gas pilot project in Vaca Muerta, Neuquén. Shell estimates an investment of $300 million, which would take place in two phases.
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February 20, 2017
Further to the Company’s announcement on Jan. 11, 2017, President Energy has announced that the workover rig has been mobilized to the first well location, and that operations have already commenced.
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February 17, 2017
Saipem has been awarded new contracts and the extension of pre-existing agreements in the onshore drilling sector in Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Bolivia and Argentina for a total value of $240 million.
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January 17, 2017
Saipem has been awarded new contracts and the extension of pre-existing agreements in the onshore drilling sector in Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Bolivia and Argentina for a total value of $240 million.
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January 11, 2017
Pampa Energia SA wants to become one of Argentina’s main producers of tight gas following its acquisition of Petrobras Argentina SA, because those prospects are currently more profitable than shale gas in the giant Vaca Muerta formation.
