Financial Risks Cloud Development of Argentina’s Vaca Muerta Oil and Gas Reserves

March 8, 2019

The government of Argentina and a network of regional and global oil and gas companies have combined to develop the country’s large fossil fuel reserves in an area of Northern Patagonia known as Vaca Muerta (Dead Cow). The plan is unlikely to succeed. The plan seeks to double the nation’s oil and gas output within six years. Success in Vaca Muerta is seen by Argentina’s leadership as the key to its economic recovery.

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