YPF: Revenue Increases 14% And Company Returns To Profit In Q2

Argentina's state-owned oil company YPF reported a net profit of 272 million Argentinean pesos in the second quarter of 2017, reversing the 753 million pesos loss recorded in the same period of 2016. Revenue amounted to 60.162 billion pesos, a 14.0% growth.

YPF's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) reached 16,177 million pesos, a 5.8% fall compared to the same period of 2016. Investments decreased by 10.1% in the second quarter of 2017, to 13.029 billion pesos, compared with a year earlier.

YPF's total output reached 550.1 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed) in the second quarter, 4.2% lower than in the same period in 2016. Crude oil production declined by 10.1%, to 218.3 thousand barrels per day (bpd), while natural gas production reached 44.6 million cubic meters per day (Mm3d), 0.5% lower than the same period of 2016. Regarding Natural gas liquids, production increased by 3.7%, reaching 51.4 thousand bpd.

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