
Sat Dec 20, 2025-08:08
Vaca Muerta doesn’t stop: new oil companies are coming in and export contracts are flourishing
Following the impact of Shell’s decision to abandon the gas liquefaction plant project, some analysts, such as Aleph Energy’s Daniel Dreizzen, are observing a different process in Vaca Muerta with the arrival of oil companies such as Continental Resources, one of the largest independent companies in the United States, which has acquired 90% of the Los Toldos II Oeste field. “In parallel, YPF, Vista, Shell and Equinor sealed with Chile’s ENAP the most important crude oil export agreement in the history of the Chilean company with 70,000 barrels per day until 2033, confirming the competitiveness of Neuquén shale oil in international refineries,” he noted. I continued reading.