Halliburton Wins Multibillion-Dollar YPF Fracking Contract in Argentina

A technician prepares an oil drilling rig on the Vaca Muerta Shale oil reservoir in Loma Campana, Argentina.

Photographer: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images

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Halliburton Co. said it won an exclusive, multibillion-dollar contract from Argentina’s state-run oil company YPF to provide bundled fracking services in the Vaca Muerta shale patch.