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Argentina’s Hydrocarbons Industry Part 2: The potential of shale

In our second look at Argentina’s oil and gas industry, we examine how a dependency on natural gas has led to a fiscal crisis, and how the potential for shale resources could alleviate this problem and make the country and exporter of hydrocarbons once again.

Monday, May 29th, 2017
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Argentina’s gas sector at a glance

Argentina’s gas sector at a glance

This weeks article on the Argentine oil and gas industry is devoted to unconventional resources, which, in Argentinas case mostly means gas.

Monday, May 29th, 2017
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Sins of omission

Late Thursday – after our closing of course – MinMinas published reserves for 2016 and announced that the long-awaited Agreement 2 had been signed.

Monday, May 22nd, 2017
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Your CFO is smiling

Your CFO is smiling

OK. Maybe smiling is too much to ask of a CFO; scowling and grimacing less perhaps. Prices are up; costs are stable; netback is up. What more could a CFO ask for? OK. Maybe even higher prices. More on that later.

Monday, May 22nd, 2017
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Argentina’s Hydrocarbons Industry Part 1: In constant shift

Flights to Buenos Aires are busier lately and the reasons have little to do with soccer, tango or media-lunas. So our readers can understand this phenomenon better, we have a two overview articles.

Monday, May 15th, 2017
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Argentina’s oil sector at a glance

Argentina’s oil sector at a glance

To accompany Part 1 of our series on the Argentine hydrocarbons industry, we have a number of graphs that will illustrate some of the points.

Monday, May 15th, 2017
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Optimism

Monday, May 8th, 2017
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Armed Forces more active in April

Armed Forces more active in April

Total incidents near oil and gas infrastructure were up sharply last month (from 22 to 32) but that was mostly due to Armed Forces activity.

Monday, May 8th, 2017
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A view from the inside: Luz Stella Murgas talks about Agreement 2 and Unconventional

Luz Stella Murgas had senior leadership responsibilities in the ANH during the critical period when oil prices started to slide. As such she was involved in many of the initiatives designed to mitigate the impact of the disminution of exploratory activities, production and reserves.

Monday, May 1st, 2017
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The hangover

The hangover

Last December we played Casandra and warned not to get too excited by the boost that Brent (and to a less extent WTI) received from an OPEC agreement to reduce production.

Monday, May 1st, 2017
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