Norway's Equinor picks up new block in Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale play

摘要

Buenos Aires-Equinor has won a license for a block in Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale play, where the Norwegian company plans to invest $26.5 million in a three-year pilot project targeting oil, the Neuquen government said. The company picked up in the license for Aguila Mora Noreste in an open round for exploratory blocks in Neuquen, a western province home to most of Vaca Muerta, the provincial government said in a statement late Thursday.