Mining was one of key issues during the visit of the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Argentina, who stressed the importance of having a responsible and transparent mining industry.

Due to the large quantity of offers that were tendered in the first round of the so called Renovar Plan, the administration is currently analyzing the launching of the second round.

The National Secretariat of Energy approved the contractual terms applicable to hydroelectric projects to be carried out within the framework of the National Hydroelectric Power Program.

It is a pilot project for the production of uranium in Cerro Solo, a deposit located in the center of Chubut, which according to the Mining Code belongs to the National Commission of Atomic Energy.

Argentina's YPF efforts to tackle the exploration and exploitation of recoverable shale resources is facing an uphill battle in spite of its success in placing bonds in the local market.

In order to reinforce the promotion of renewable energy the new administration has amended the Renewable Energy Promotion regime (Laws No. 26.190 and Law No. 27.191 as regulated by Decree 531/2016), introducing important improvements and benefits.

Both companies ratified their commitment with the shale oil project they initiated in 2015 in La Amarga Chica, in the Province of Neuquen.

The Ministry of Energy will publish within the following days a new regulatory framework for the generation of electricity energy.

For decades, natural gas has been the star of the Argentine energy sector.

According to Decree No. 929/2013 of July 15th, Argentina will offer oil and gas Companies incentives if they invest at least one billion US dollars or more over a five-year period in exploration.

The declared purposed is to provide legal certainty and enable financing for both local and foreign investors.

The Ministry of Energy presented the final specifications of the tender for 600 MW of wind power, 300 MW of solar, 65MW of biomass, 20 MW of mini-hydro and 15MW of biogas.

The Ministry of Energy and Mining published Resolution 46-E/2017, which created a program to stimulate investments in natural gas production projects in the Neuquén Basin's unconventional reservoirs.

The legal war against San Ramon, California-based Chevron has been waged in several countries, including Argentina...

On September 23, 2015, the Argentine Congress passed a draft which amends Law No. 26,190, governing the National Promotion Regime of Power Generation from Renewable Sources.

They have requested that the convoy go through a new road in the north fences.

This edition of Argentine Business Law Watch reports on a recent directive released by the Secretariat of Energy. The directive represents the Government’s latest response to the current Argentine energy crisis. In our March issue, we outlined the Government’s plans to curtail exports of natural gas and gas-generated electricity, as well as other measures to reduce domestic consumption, embodied in Decrees 180/04 and 181/04.

In the last days of October 2011, the Argentine Government has adopted certain regulatory measures intended to maintain the value of the Peso against the US Dollar and adversely affecting particularly the Hydrocarbons, Mining and Insurance Industry, and repatriation of direct investments.

Besides being associated with YPF in Loma Campana, Chevron also holds El Trapial, a mature reservoir that became to be, at the beginning of the last decade, the second largest oil deposit in the country.

Law No. 26,197 (the "Federalization Law"), has amended section 1 of Hydrocarbons Law, which now sets forth that liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon fields belong either to the federal or provincial government, depending on the territory where they are located.