As Vaca Muerta's production expands, the demand for drilling rigs will increase. Ensuring an adequate supply of rigs is crucial to sustaining growth and meeting ambitious production targets.

Argentina's booming shale production in Vaca Muerta, a formation that rivals the United States' Permian Basin, is at risk of running out of road as infrastructure to handle the oil and gas nears ...

While the Vaca Muerta shale play extends across portions of four Argentine provinces (La Pampa, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro), it is centered in Neuquén. This has allowed the province to achieve ...

For instance, Vaca Muerta operators have adopted US shale's proppant intensity and stage spacing trends in just a few years – going from 1,500 to 2,500 pounds of proppant per foot and from 250 ...

Vaca Muerta, an area the size of Belgium, holds the world's second largest shale gas reserves and fourth largest for shale oil. Still a relative frontier in the global energy scene, it has huge ...

Argentina's massive Vaca Muerta shale formation produced a record 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil in the third quarter, consultancy Rystad said on Friday.

Recent Production As of February 2023, Vaca Muerta’s gross oil production reached 291,000 bpd, an annual addition of 76,000 bpd, the report said.

Shell Argentina and Chevron Argentina joined the Vaca Muerta Sur (VMOS) project as shareholders in the major oil transport infrastructure initiative led by a consortium including the state-owned ...

Argentina's Vaca Muerta formation reached a record high oil production of 124,000 barrels per day in December 2020, a Rystad Energy report has revealed.

The next piece will appear on March 11 with a review of the Neuquén election results and their implications for the future of the Vaca Muerta, followed by a preview of the April 8 Río Negro ...

The roadblocks had affected Vaca Muerta oil and natural gas production and left the area without energy. Workers including doctors, nurses, orderlies and other hospital staff are seeking greater ...