YPF SA News

Statoil ASA and Morgan Stanley sold spot cargoes of liquefied natural gas to Argentina's YPF SA for delivery at Bahia Blanca in July, said two people with direct knowledge of the matter.

YPF SA , Argentina's largest oil company that was nationalized more than a year ago, said quarterly profit slid 3 percent on higher costs and increased fuel imports.

Argentina 's Eurnekian family, after becoming billionaires from media and airports, is planning to become the government's first shale oil and gas partner.

YPF SA , Argentina 's largest oil company, signed contracts to export crude as its La Plata refinery operates at about half of normal output levels after a fire earlier this month, a government official said.