Provincial company Emesa, formed in 2012, aims to fast-track development of the latest blocks, opening bids on 9 April and starting exploration activities as soon as the end of the year, officials said at an event hosted by the Houston branch of the IAPG trade group.

"We have good unconventional potential," Mendoza energy minister MarcosZandomeni told an audience at the luncheon hosted by the Argentina organisation.

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