News of gas

Vaca Muerta gas to flow to Europe under major eight-year LNG pact

04-03-2026 16:31 Eight-year contract for two million tonnes per year marks the country’s largest long-term gas sale to date; Southern Energy and Securing Energy for Europe ink deal.

Milei’s expanded incentive plan set to draw shale oil investors

03-03-2026 13:46 YPF, Vista Energy and Pampa Energía eyeing RIGI programme after Milei administration broadened it to include shale oil wells.

Argentina posts biggest energy surplus in decades on shale push

21-01-2026 21:39 In 2025, exports outstripped imports to the tune of US$7.8 billion, reports Argentina's Energy Department, thanks to booming oil and gas production in the Vaca Muerta shale patch.

JPMorgan, Citi in talks to finance US$1-billion Argentina pipeline

13-01-2026 15:50 A group of banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup Inc are in talks to lend natural gas producers in Argentina roughly US$1 billion to build a cross-country pipeline.

YPF seeking US$12.5-billion financing from JP Morgan for LNG project

18-12-2025 00:55 State energy company negotiating the entry of a new partner to replace Shell with a target of 18 million tons LNG projection. Next year, investment will jump to US$6 billion despite lower crude oil prices.

by Eugenia Muzio

Historic deal will see Argentina export Vaca Muerta gas to Europe for eight years

02-12-2025 20:24 Consortium of local companies selling via seaways finalises an eight-year agreement with one of the most powerful energy firms in the world.

by Ariel Maciel

Bond spree tops US$3.4 billion with Buenos Aires City sale

19-11-2025 16:31 Bond sale spree has spread into the public sector, with Buenos Aires City returning to global markets after almost a decade and bringing foreign debt issuance to almost US$3.5 billion in the past three weeks.

Continental buys Pluspetrol shale field, says Luis Caputo

18-11-2025 08:54 Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources Inc is entering Argentina’s burgeoning shale patch, announces Economy Minister Luis Caputo.

YPF chief projects US$300bn in exports from LNG deal with Italy’s Eni

14-10-2025 14:01 CEO Horacio Marín talks up recent agreement with Italian energy company, saying it could create 50,000 jobs; Deal to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Vaca Muerta will represent “biggest investment in Argentine history," claims President Milei.

Vaca Muerta overtakes agriculture – and it will finance Argentina’s future

20-09-2025 06:21 The political weight of the oil industry is surging. With a record energy export surplus and rising, the Vaca Muerta formation is shaping up to be the country’s main source of foreign currency. Businessmen, governors and lawmakers all agree that shale deposits will be a major factor in economic stability, with investments and projects transforming the map.

by Carlos Burgueño

Argentina wins stay on YPF share transfer in US court battle

17-08-2025 08:59 Appeals court halts order to hand over 51% of shares in state energy firm as Argentina fights US$16.1-billion ruling in nationalisation case.

Argentina wins reprieve in US court fight over YPF shares

16-08-2025 08:30 Appeals court rules Argentina doesn’t need to turn over its controlling stake in YPF SA to holders of a US$16-billion judgment while it tries to overturn previous order.

Argentina appeals US court order to hand over YPF shares

10-07-2025 19:25 Argentina has appealed a US judge's ruling ordering it to hand over 51% of the shares of the oil company YPF to settle a US$16.1 billion debt.

Argentina moves to appeal US judge’s order to cede YPF stake

10-07-2025 12:41 Government gives notice it will appeal ruling requiring it to hand over controlling stake in state energy company YPF to help satisfy a US$16-billion judgement.

Total gets offers for potential sale of Argentina shale oil assets

28-06-2025 18:12 France’s TotalEnergies SE is in talks with at least two suitors who have submitted bids for its shale oil assets in Argentina.

With Milei in Rome, YPF signs LNG export deal with Italy’s ENI

06-06-2025 22:05 Agreement signed in Rome while Milei visits Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on first leg of his 10-day foreign tour.

Governors seek Vaca Muerta investments at Texas energy summit

23-04-2025 11:12 Leaders from four provinces in Argentina – Río Negro, Neuquén, Mendoza and Córdoba – aim to showcase their competitiveness to the global oil elite in Texas at the Offshore Technology Conference.

by Eugenia Muzio

Vista buys Petronas’ Argentina oil stake in US$1.5-billion deal

16-04-2025 12:25 Deal all but cements exit of Malaysia’s Petronas; It’s also a sign that development of Vaca Muerta will increasingly be spearheaded by homegrown drillers.

Unions warn new self-service fuel pump rules will mean job losses

30-01-2025 16:55 President Javier Milei’s government issues decree allowing self-service fuel pumps at service stations across Argentina; Union warns as many as 70,000 jobs could be lost.

Shale spurs Argentina’s largest energy trade surplus since 2006

23-01-2025 16:34 Argentina scored its widest annual energy trade surplus in nearly two decades in 2024 thanks to booming oil and gas production.