CoreMarine has completed the disconnection of Golar LNG’s Hilli Episeyo FLNG after eight years of operations offshore Cameroon, clearing the floating LNG vessel for its planned redeployment to Argentina. CoreMarine provided project management, engineering, procurement and offshore operational services for the campaign, developing a disconnection methodology tailored to the facility. The company said the approach was designed to […]
YPF, Eni and XRG have submitted their $51 billion Argentina LNG project for approval under Argentina’s Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI), advancing plans to develop Vaca Muerta natural gas for large-scale LNG exports.
U.S. shale pioneer Harold Hamm is moving to expand his footprint in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta oil basin, home to the world’s fastest-growing shale boom, according to people familiar with the matter. Hamm’s Continental Resources Inc. is set to compete for shale blocks in an auction managed by Neuquen province where the lion’s share of Vaca Muerta acreage is located, […]
Eni SpA and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co PJSC’s international investment arm, XRG PJSC, have signed agreements to each acquire a 32 percent ownership in three blocks in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta gas shale. The South American country’s state-controlled YPF SA, which has assumed full ownership of the Aguada Villanueva, Las Tacanas and Meseta Buena Esperanza […]
Eni and XRG have each agreed to acquire a 32% interest in three upstream blocks in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale, joining operator YPF in advancing the integrated Argentina LNG project. The agreements cover the Meseta Buena Esperanza, Aguada Villanueva and Las Tacanas blocks. Upon completion, which remains subject to regulatory approvals, YPF will retain a 36% interest while Eni and XRG will […]
Pampa Energía has selected Halliburton to support a multi-year digital transformation initiative aimed at improving operational efficiency and supporting production growth across its unconventional assets in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale play.
African energy investors are increasingly looking beyond domestic upstream opportunities toward major oil, gas and infrastructure developments in South America, with Brazil’s pre-salt offshore sector and Argentina’s expanding LNG and pipeline network emerging as key targets for future capital deployment.
CoreMarine and Jumbo Offshore have been awarded a contract to transport, install and hook up floating LNG (FLNG) infrastructure offshore Argentina, supporting development of gas export capacity in the Golfo San Matías.
Argentina no longer faces a $16.1 billion court-ordered payment tied to the 2012 nationalization of state-owned oil company YPF.
President Javier Milei’s marquee program for luring investment into Argentina is poised to attract a new round of applications from crude producers after his administration broadened it to include shale oil wells. YPF SA, Vista Energy SAB, and Pampa Energia SA said on recent earnings calls that they were all eyeing the program. Known by […]