It is well known that the rapid growth of Vaca Muerta is positioning the field to become a central economic engine for Argentina. What may be less well known is that the project also has the potential to address several structural bottlenecks in the Argentine economy.

One of the most unusual, however, is not in the energy sector but in agriculture. More specifically, it concerns fertilizers, since one of the most important ones, urea, is produced using nitrogen, which can be extracted from Vaca Muerta gas.

Last week, the government of Javier Milei approved the entry of Fértil Pampa, an energy project developed by Pampa Energía, into the Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI).

The company will invest nearly US$2.7 billion in the construction of a urea plant in Buenos Aires province city of Bahía Blanca.

Two weeks ago, Profertil, the........

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