Argentina

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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.
News
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.
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May 2015
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Article
May 2015
Responding to falling oil prices, some Latin American governments push energy investment, while others slash E&P budgets.
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