Harold Hamm Bets Bigger on Argentina’s Vaca Muerta Shale Boom
- Source
- Oilprice.com
- Source link
- https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Harold-Hamm-Bets-Bigger-on-Argentinas-Vaca-Muerta-Shale-Boom.html
- Published
- 2026-08-03 22:00:00
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-04 00:15:36
- Category
- Commodities & Raw Materials
- Geography
- Global
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
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…
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