In June, more than 1.5 million barrels were exported from the Province of Neuquén.
The tool could be key for the construction of the Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline. "This protocol seeks greater brotherhood and integration in our territory", said the governor.
Oil shipments abroad increased by over 300 percent and over 600 percent in the case of gas. Neuquén's Anti-cyclical Fund has collected 2,000 million pesos so far this year.
Argentina is taking advantage of its enormous oil schisto oil resources to try to find a way out of its economic problems.
The bituminous schist formation of Vaca Muerta in Patagonia has some of the largest unconventional oil and gas deposits in the world, and the oil companies are congregating there.
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The minister emphasized that "to truly transform the situation in the energy sector, it must be facilitated by foreign direct investment flows." "We must normalize the defensive policies that were adopted to deal with the 2019 exchange run," he said.
The Minister of Economy said that regulatory changes will be presented to boost the arrival of capital of firms around the world in energy, particularly for the exploitation of gas and oil.
The Vista oil company reported Thursday that it increased its production of hydrocarbons in Argentina by 29% in the first quarter, compared to the same period of 2021, and 7% compared to the previous quarter.
Oleoductos del Valle SA (Oldelval) completed the expansion work for its transportation capacity from the Neuquén Basin: in this way, an additional 50,000 barrels of dispatch capacity are completed for the central pipeline for Vaca Muerta shale oil .
The oil company is on track to start its unconventional oil project in the block that operates alone in the formation, El Trapial in the province of Neuquén.
The Province plans to reach that level of production in 2030. The present is one of records, with barely 8% of Vaca Muerta in development.
It has an area of 282.80 square kilometers. With this new project, the Province adds a total of 43 unconventional shale and tight projects
In a fact that he described as historic, Mayor Mariano Gaido handed over this afternoon the lots where the Scientific and Technological Pole will be developed, a work that will allow the development of science and technology in Neuquén and the country to be promoted.