Monday, 03 August 2026 · World
USD/EUR 0.8667 USD/GBP 0.7417 USD/JPY 158 USD/CNY 6.76 All rates →
RSS
EUROS The World Financial Report
Nº 23 Monday, 03 August 2026 · World Edition
LATEST
Commodities

Harold Hamm Bets Bigger on Argentina’s Vaca Muerta Shale Boom

Oilprice.com · 1h ago · 🇦🇷 Argentina
Harold Hamm Bets Bigger on Argentina’s Vaca Muerta Shale Boom

Continental Resources, the company founded by shale billionaire Harold Hamm, looks to expand in Vaca Muerta as international companies vie to develop Argentina’s proven prolific shale patch. Continental is set to bid in this year’s bid round for acreage in Vaca Muerta in the biggest auction in the basin in a decade, sources with knowledge of the plans have told Bloomberg. Bids will be opened on August 19. The province of Neuquén, where most of Vaca Muerta is located, has launched the biggest licensing round in the shale play…

Read the full story at Oilprice.com →