Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Argentina-Great Britain Dispute Reaches Oil and Gas Sector

Britain Condemns Argentina’s Claim of Sovereignty Argentina and Great Britain are at odds, and offshore hydrocarbon development is getting swept up in the disagreement. On Saturday, an Argentinian federal judge ordered the seizure of the equipment and bank accounts of five oil and gas companies operating in the Falkland Islands, located about 435 miles off the coast of Argentina. Argentine

Shale Boom

After North America, Argentina and China Lead Shale Development

Currently only four countries produce commercial amount of shale resources The shale revolution has unlocked tremendous natural resource potential in the United States and Canada, with other countries trying to take advantage of shale gas and tight oil. As recently as last year, only four countries in the world were producing commercial volumes of either shale gas or tight oil,