VICTOR BRAVO is a Chemical Engineering graduated from the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina. Afterwards, he obtained a Master’s degree in Oil Resources, at the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a Senior Researcher at the Bariloche Foundation, and a consultant at CEPAL and UNDP. He has been a Visiting Professor in many universities in Argentina, in Latin America and Spain. He is the Director of the “Latin American Course in Energy Economics and Planning”that the Bariloche Foundation offers annually since 1967.NICOLAS DI SBROIAVACCA is a Petroleum Engineer, Master in Energy Economics and Environment (Scuola Enrico Mattei, Italy) and has a specialization in hydrocarbon management (National Petroleum Directorate, Norway). He has worked in Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Africa, being hired as a consultant by institutions and organizations such as UNDP, UNIDO, IDB, CAF, UNFCCC, NCSP, UN, EU, ECLAC, OLADE, among others. He is director of the Master in Energy Economics and Energy and Environmental Policy and he currently holds the position of Executive President of the Bariloche Foundation.

• Abstract.- Introduction.- Analysis of the Argentine National Law Nº 27,007, the so-called “law of hydrocarbons”, and the hydrocarbon politics in Argentina during the period from 2003 to 2014.- Energy politics and economics in Argentina during the period 2014 to 2018.- Shale oil and shale gas in Argentina: resources, reserves, production situation and prospective.- A technical opinion about fracking.- Final summary.

VICTOR BRAVO is a Chemical Engineering graduated from the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina. Afterwards, he obtained a Master’s degree in Oil Resources, at the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a Senior Researcher at the Bariloche Foundation, and a consultant at CEPAL and UNDP. He has been a Visiting Professor in many universities in Argentina, in Latin America and Spain. He is the Director of the “Latin American Course in Energy Economics and Planning”that the Bariloche Foundation offers annually since 1967.NICOLAS DI SBROIAVACCA is a Petroleum Engineer, Master in Energy Economics and Environment (Scuola Enrico Mattei, Italy) and has a specialization in hydrocarbon management (National Petroleum Directorate, Norway). He has worked in Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Africa, being hired as a consultant by institutions and organizations such as UNDP, UNIDO, IDB, CAF, UNFCCC, NCSP, UN, EU, ECLAC, OLADE, among others. He is director of the Master in Energy Economics and Energy and Environmental Policy and he currently holds the position of Executive President of the Bariloche Foundation.

• Abstract.- Introduction.- Analysis of the Argentine National Law Nº 27,007, the so-called “law of hydrocarbons”, and the hydrocarbon politics in Argentina during the period from 2003 to 2014.- Energy politics and economics in Argentina during the period 2014 to 2018.- Shale oil and shale gas in Argentina: resources, reserves, production situation and prospective.- A technical opinion about fracking.- Final summary.

VICTOR BRAVO is a Chemical Engineering graduated from the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina. Afterwards, he obtained a Master’s degree in Oil Resources, at the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a Senior Researcher at the Bariloche Foundation, and a consultant at CEPAL and UNDP. He has been a Visiting Professor in many universities in Argentina, in Latin America and Spain. He is the Director of the “Latin American Course in Energy Economics and Planning”that the Bariloche Foundation offers annually since 1967.NICOLAS DI SBROIAVACCA is a Petroleum Engineer, Master in Energy Economics and Environment (Scuola Enrico Mattei, Italy) and has a specialization in hydrocarbon management (National Petroleum Directorate, Norway). He has worked in Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Africa, being hired as a consultant by institutions and organizations such as UNDP, UNIDO, IDB, CAF, UNFCCC, NCSP, UN, EU, ECLAC, OLADE, among others. He is director of the Master in Energy Economics and Energy and Environmental Policy and he currently holds the position of Executive President of the Bariloche Foundation.

• Abstract.- Introduction.- Analysis of the Argentine National Law Nº 27,007, the so-called “law of hydrocarbons”, and the hydrocarbon politics in Argentina during the period from 2003 to 2014.- Energy politics and economics in Argentina during the period 2014 to 2018.- Shale oil and shale gas in Argentina: resources, reserves, production situation and prospective.- A technical opinion about fracking.- Final summary.