Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) announced it was awarded a multibillion-dollar contract by YPF to provide bundled unconventional completions services in the Vaca Muerta, one of the world’s most prolific shale resources outside North America. The award, which resulted from a competitive process, establishes a dedicated, exclusive, and multi-year collaboration.

Casey Maxwell, president, Western Hemisphere, Halliburton:
This award significantly increases our footprint in Argentina and reflects our customers’ confidence in Halliburton to deliver large-scale unconventional fracturing through technology leadership and operational excellence. This strategic collaboration with YPF brings the industry's most advanced technology to Argentina.

Under the contract, Halliburton will utilize its ZEUS® electric fracturing services in its first international deployment. The agreement also includes the OCTIV® Auto Frac service, part of the OCTIV® digital fracturing services operating environment that delivers consistent onsite execution while pumping.

This integrated approach establishes a new benchmark for international unconventional fracturing. It combines electrification, automation, and advanced digital workflows to improve efficiency, consistency, and emissions-intensity reduction efforts. A common digital platform supports collaborative, phased integration of next-generation intelligent fracturing and advanced subsurface monitoring.

About Halliburton

Halliburton is one of the world's leading providers of products and services to the energy industry. Founded in 1919, we create innovative technologies, products, and services that help our customers maximize their value throughout the life cycle of an asset and advance a sustainable energy future.

About YPF

YPF is the main energy company in Argentina, with a share in the production of oil and gas of 43% in the local market and 56% in naphtha. YPF is leader in the production of unconventional resources. It is an integrated energy company that generates a varied offer: natural gas, electricity, fuels, petrochemical inputs, lubricants and agro products, among others. It has more than 1500 gas stations that allow the supply the country.