YPF Files US$51 Billion ‘Argentina LNG’ Project Under the RIGI Investment Regime

YPF has registered its roughly US$51 billion Argentina LNG project under RIGI, the country's incentive regime for very large investments, and calls it the largest private investment in Argentina's history. The plan would turn Vaca Muerta shale gas into liquefied natural gas for export, with Italy's ENI and Abu Dhabi's XRG as core partners in the first export phase. The filing landed the same month YPF reported a record quarterly adjusted EBITDA of about US$2,804 million. Here is what RIGI actually is, why Vaca Muerta gas matters, and what the numbers really mean for Argentina. The post YPF Fil