Argentina, Russia In Talks On Oil, Gas Exploration, Infrastructure Projects - Minister

Argentine and Russian companies are examining not only projects to explore oil and gas fields in the South American state, but also infrastructure ones, like the plans to construct a railway to Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale deposit, Argentine Energy Secretary Gustavo Lopetegui told Sputnik in an interview

HOUSTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 13th March, 2019) Argentine and Russian companies are examining not only projects to explore oil and gas fields in the South American state, but also infrastructure ones, like the plans to construct a railway to Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale deposit, Argentine Energy Secretary Gustavo Lopetegui told Sputnik in an interview.

Last year, the Argentine authorities decided to unleash the potential of Vaca Muerta by developing a railway linking the shale deposit to the Atlantic port of Bahia Blanca.

We are talking with Russian companies, and they are interested not only in coming to explore some oil and gas, but they are also interested in infrastructure projects like a train in Vaca Muerta. We are in conversation with them," Lopetegui said, asked if Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent visit to Argentina helped to find more opportunities for cooperation.

He also did not rule out the participation of Russia's energy giants Gazprom and Rosneft in future projects.