- CEO
- Miguel Matías Galuccio
- Full Time Employees
- 584
- Sector
- Energy minerals
- Industry
- Oil & gas production
- Address
- Mexico City Mexico
- Business
- Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. is an independent exploration and production company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and extraction of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids primarily in Latin America. The company's core operations are concentrated in the Neuquén Basin in Argentina, focusing on the development of unconventional shale resources in the Vaca Muerta formation across key acreage holdings, including Bajada del Palo Oeste, Bajada del Palo Este, Aguada Federal, Bandurria Norte, and Águila Mora. Vista Energy provides a comprehensive portfolio of energy products and upstream services, comprising the exploration and extraction of light crude oil; the production, gathering, and processing of natural gas; the recovery and commercialization of natural gas liquids including propane, butane, and condensates; well drilling, completion, and hydraulic fracturing operations; field-level oil and gas gathering, separation, and compression services; and midstream storage, logistics, and pipeline transportation solutions to supply domestic refineries, utility companies, industrial off-takers, and international export markets. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico, with principal executive and operational offices in Buenos Aires and Neuquén, Argentina, the company serves regional energy consumers, power generation plants, local gas distributors, and global crude trading counterparties. In recent corporate developments, Vista Energy completed its strategic repositioning into a pure-play unconventional operator in Vaca Muerta through the full divestment of its legacy conventional oil and gas assets in the Neuquén and Río Negro basins to Aconcagua Energía. The company consolidated a 100% operating interest in the Aguada Federal and Bandurria Norte shale concessions, established strategic co-investment and crude off-take alliances with Trafigura, secured extensive midstream evacuation capacity through participation in the Oldelval Duplicar and Vaca Muerta Sur pipeline expansion projects, accelerated drilling cycles through the deployment of advanced dual-frac completion operations, and expanded its nature-based carbon removals platform through its dedicated subsidiary Aike to advance toward net-zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions.