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Chevron, YPF Continue Development of Vaca Muerta Shale in Argentina
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today confirmed that subsidiaries of the company have signed agreements with the Argentine oil company YPF S.A. to continue development of shale oil and gas resources from the Vaca Muerta formation located in the Neuquén province in Argentina.

Chevron, Argentina’s YPF Sign Accord to Develop Vaca Muerta Shale
A subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today signed an agreement with affiliates of the Argentine oil company YPF S.A. (NYSE: YPF) that furthers the development of shale oil and gas resources from the Vaca Muerta formation located in the Neuquén province.

Inauguration of a Major Project in Mendoza
The president of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and the president of YPF, Miguel Galuccio, inaugurated a series of works in the Lujan de Cuyo Industrial Complex, with an investment of 2,600 million pesos. The event was attended by the governor of the province of Mendoza, Francisco Perez, Federal Planning Minister Julio de Vido, and national, provincial and municipal leaders.

YPF confirms La Plata Refinery fire containment
YPF confirms the success of the implementation of the Contingency Plan which allowed, with a joint effort of the volunteer fire departments of the cities of Berisso and Ensenada, sector associations (SUPeH and Uocra) and the Naval Prefecture Argentina , fully control the fires just after 5 am today. The situation is completely controlled at this time.

Alexey Miller and Argentina’s YPF head Miguel Galuccio have working meeting
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Miguel Galuccio, Chief Executive Officer of Argentina's national petroleum company YPF.

Opening of plant in La Plata
Galuccio announced a sharp reduction in fuel imports. The new unit required an investment of more than 1,400 million pesos, the most important of the last 15 years in the refining sector in the country. The President's Office, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, today inaugurated the new plant diesel hydrodesulfurization (HTG B) in the Industrial Complex of La Plata.

YPF - Preliminary results exploratory wells formations unconventional oil (shale oil) in the province of Mendoza
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Repsol YPF raises its hydrocarbons reserves and resources estimate in the Vaca Muerta play to 22.807 billion barrels of oil equi
Repsol YPF has hired hydrocarbons reserves and resources Ryder Scott to carry out an external audit of its reserves, contingent resources and prospective resources of non-conventional hydrocarbons (shale oil and gas) in the Argentinean Vaca Muerta formation in the Neuquén province. The technical analysis is based on the criteria set out by Argentinean stock market regulator Comisión Nacional de Valores de Argentina and the United States´ Securities and Exchange Commission. At the same time, the evaluation of the contingent and prospective resources complies with the requirements of the Comisión Nacional de Valores de Argentina and the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Petroleum Resources Management System.

Baker Hughes Fractures its First Unconventional Shale Well in Argentina
Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) announced it has completed its first unconventional hydrocarbon shale hydraulic fracturing and stimulation project in Argentina for YPF in the Neuquén basin.

YPF discovered 150 million barrels equivalent of oil shale resources
YPF reported the discovery of non-conventional oil resources (shale oil) in the Dead Cow training in an area of ​​330 km2, in Loma La Lata, Neuquén province, with an average thickness of 250 meters that contains more than 150 million barrels of oil equivalent potential resources.