Category: Companies

YPF transfers seven areas in Tierra del Fuego to Terra Ignis

The transfer is part of Project Andes, under which YPF seeks to divest mature assets to focus on Vaca Muerta. The areas involved are Los Chorrillos, Lago Fuego, and Tierra del Fuego Fracción A, B, C, D, and E

Petrobras to complete drilling of well off the Amazon in five months

“This is the fifth-deepest well Petrobras has ever drilled, and it is a pioneer well in an unexplored area. That requires great care,” said Sylvia Anjos, Petrobras’ Exploration and Production director, at a press conference

Petrobras earns USD 6 billion in third quarter

The company’s CFO, Fernando Melgarejo, attributed the profit to an increase in crude output, which helped offset the decline in international prices

BP profits up 48.6% through September

British oil company BP announced a net profit of USD 3.477 billion in the first nine months of 2025, 48.6% higher than in the same period a year earlier, thanks in part to improved performance at its production facilities

YPF partners with ADNOC for LNG project

Argentine state-owned oil company YPF and Italy’s Eni have reached an agreement with the investment arm XRG of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) to join Argentina’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) project

Argentina to request annulment of ruling regarding YPF

The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Manhattan, will review the judgment handed down in September 2023 by District Judge Loretta Preska in favor of two minority shareholders of YPF

Petrobras: Oil and gas production grows 17.3%

Petrobras produced an average of 4.54 million barrels of oil and gas equivalent per day in the third quarter of 2025, 17.3% more than in the same period last year, the company reported

US sanctions Russian oil majors over Ukraine, prompting jitters in India and China

U.S. President Donald Trump hit Russia’s two biggest oil companies with sanctions in a sharp policy shift on Moscow’s war in Ukraine, prompting global oil prices to rise by 5% and India to consider cutting Russian imports

Brazil authorizes oil exploration off the Amazon

Brazil has authorized controversial offshore oil exploration near the Amazon, less than a month before it hosts the U.N. climate summit (COP30), where it aims to present itself as a leader in environmental preservation

Petrobras imports natural gas from Vaca Muerta for the first time

In total, 100,000 cubic meters of natural gas entered Brazil via pipelines passing through Bolivia, to test the “commercial and operational framework” of the agreement