Argentina’s biggest energy producer is ramping up output from Vaca Muerta faster than many expect, while new export routes and major gas-shipping projects could open the door to more overseas sales. The upside comes with big “what could go wrong” questions—politics, heavy spending, and a world that may keep moving away from oil and gas.Read more
Argentina’s biggest energy company is betting on a major shale basin to grow output and open up exports, helped by new pipelines and a push to cut costs with digital tools. The catch is it needs heavy spending and depends on a stable economy and rules at home, so oil prices and politics could quickly change the story.Read more
YPF faces a tough squeeze as the world shifts toward cleaner energy and rules tighten, which could chip away at demand for its oil and gas and make profits less dependable. At the same time, big bets on shale and gas export projects could still strengthen the business—if Argentina’s economic and funding challenges don’t get in the way.Read more
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YPF Sociedad Anónima, an energy company, engages in the oil and gas upstream and downstream activities in South America and Argentina. The company operates through the Upstream, Midstream and Downstream, LNG and Integrated Gas, and New Energies segments. It is involved in the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbon fields and production of crude oil and natural gas; the refining, transportation and commercialization of refined products; the production, transportation, and commercialization of petrochemical products; the transportation and commercialization of crude oil; and the commercialization of specialties for the agribusiness industry, and of grains and their by-products. The company also offers fertilizers and crop protection products; flours, oils, and grains; asphalts; naphtha; and petroleum coke. In addition, it engages in the natural gas transportation and commercialization to third parties and to the Midstream and Downstream segments; the separation of natural gas liquids and their fractionation, and storage and transportation to produce ethane, propane, butane, and gasoline, as well as its commercialization; the development of liquefied natural gas liquefaction capacity; and power generation activities. The company was incorporated in 1977 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
