Highlights Pilot planned on two blocks Project seen opening new opportunities in shale play YPF also to invest in tertiary recovery YPF, the biggest oil producer and second for natural gas in Argentina, said late July 26 that it is launching its first shale pilot project in Mendoza — a western province at the northern end of the Vaca Muerta shale play — and is seeking to squeeze more out of maturing conventional reserves. w The state-backed company will invest $17 million in the pilot to drill two horizontal wells in the CN-VII and Paso de las Bardas Norte blocks, according to a statement. “This pilot opens new perspectives to the possibility of expanding the geographical limits for the development of this unconventional play,” the company said. YPF chairman Pablo Gonzalez said the project will start […]