Argentina
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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.
Article
November 2016
Unleashing potential hinges on government policies
News
September 22, 2016
Saipem has been awarded new contracts and extensions to existing contracts in the onshore drilling segment in the Middle East and South America. The awards have an overall value of $430 million.
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September 22, 2016
Argentina’s biggest oil company sees the government removing production subsidies by the end of 2017, a step that may help lure investment as President Mauricio Macri tries to sell his vision of a more competitive economy.
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September 13, 2016
BP Plc would rather invest in Argentina’s shale oil fields than in Texas’ Permian basin, the U.S. drilling hot spot, CEO Bob Dudley said.
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August 31, 2016
Packers Plus Energy Services helped an operator stimulate a formation with an openhole multi-stage ball-drop system in Argentina's Loma La Lata field 30 times faster compared to a traditional plug-and-perf method.
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August 17, 2016
Operators in Argentina are focusing on reversing the Neuquén basin's gas production decline by targeting low-permeability, tight gas reservoirs. The shift to tight gas production over the last three years is being driven by pricing incentives and lower costs versus shale gas wells.
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August 10, 2016
Argentina’s promising Vaca Muerta unconventional energy play could deliver approximately 560,000 bpd of liquids and 6 Bcfgd by 2040, increasingly meeting the country’s growing demands for energy with domestic production and helping reduce its dependence on imports, according to recent analysis from IHS Markit.
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August 05, 2016
YPF SA, Argentina’s biggest company, plans to divest non-core assets in a bid to focus in projects that pay back quickly.
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August 01, 2016
MicroSeismic, Inc., has announced plans to install the first permanent BuriedArray for a major operator in Argentina.
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June 24, 2016
The cost to drill wells at Argentina’s Vaca Muerta, site of the world’s second-biggest shale reserves, has dropped 20% this year, putting Chevron Corp. and its partners closer to meeting spending goals.
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June 03, 2016
Exxon Mobil Corp. may invest more than $10 billion in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale formation in the next decades, Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson said Thursday.
Article
May 2016
Despite the industry downturn, regionwide potential drives E&P forward
News
May 04, 2016
Petrobras has agreed to sell assets in Argentina and Chile for about $1.4 billion, as Brazil’s state-controlled oil producer looks to raise cash and focus on deepwater projects in Brazil.
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February 25, 2016
Total has started up production at the offshore Vega Pleyade gas and condensate field in the Tierra del Fuego region of Argentina. Operated by Total, the project will have a production capacity of 10 MMcmgd (70,000 boed).
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January 14, 2016
Aubrey McClendon, CEO of American Energy Partners, LP (AELP), and Miguel Galuccio, president and CEO of YPF, have signed initial agreements for the exploration and development of the Vaca Muerta formation in Argentina’s Neuquén basin.
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December 23, 2015
Wintershall and the local state-owned energy company Gas y Petróleo del Neuquén have signed an agreement under which Wintershall will increase its interest in Argentina's Aguada Federal Block from 50% to 90%.
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November 24, 2015
Production from Latin America's premier shale play, the Vaca Muerta, is expected to double by 2018, according to a new development study by Wood Mackenzie. Argentina's massive play continues to be the most prospective tight oil play outside of North America.
