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Trends

What is moving today in Oil & Gas, Mining and Renewables & BESS in Argentina, with the data that shows it.

Oil & Gas

Vaca Muerta drives production, exports and investment.

  1. 1Vaca Muerta keeps growingUnconventional oil reached 676k bbl/d in August 2026: 27.2% more than a year earlier.
  2. 2More new wells online130 new Vaca Muerta wells started production between June and August 2026, vs. 117 in the same months of 2025.
  3. 3More fracking every year22,058 frac stages in the last 12 months in Vaca Muerta: 17.7% more than in the previous 12 months.
  4. 4Each ton of sand yields less One to watchA Vaca Muerta oil well produces 21 barrels per ton of sand in its first year (wells from 2025), vs. 27 to 29 between 2018 and 2022: 25% less. Wells get 42% more sand than in 2021 and oil output does not rise.
  5. 5Argentina now exports energyRecord energy trade surplus in 2025: US$ 7,815 million.
  6. 6LNG: exporting liquefied gasProjects to liquefy Vaca Muerta gas and sell it by ship.
  7. 7RIGI: large investmentsOil, gas and LNG projects approved, under review and announced under the large investment regime.

Mining

Record exports, lithium expanding and copper on the way.

  1. 1Lithium expanding116,600 t of lithium carbonate equivalent in 2025: 56% more than in 2024. Argentina is the world's no. 5 producer.
  2. 2Copper is backVicuña (San Juan): US$ 9,737 million, the largest mining investment in Argentina's history.
  3. 3Record exportsUS$ 6,037 million in 2025; gold is 68% of the total.
  4. 4RIGI in miningCopper, lithium, gold and silver projects approved and under review under the large investment regime.

Renewables & BESS

More sun, more wind and the first grid-scale batteries.

  1. 1Solar gains groundSolar generation grew 29.6% in 2025 (5,106 GWh) and capacity reached 2,460 MW.
  2. 2Batteries (BESS)1,413 MW awarded in AlmaGBA and AlmaSADI; almost all still to be built.
  3. 3Wind4,558 MW in 72 wind farms and 1,249 turbines (April 2026).
  4. 4Almost 19% of demandRenewables covered 18.9% of electricity demand in 2025; in 2015 it was 1.9%.

Data from the Secretariat of Energy, CAMMESA and sources for each sector. Know a trend we should add? Write to us.