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Vaca Muerta Oil and Argentine Lithium Production Surge as Mature Energy Fields Decline

Vaca Muerta unconventional oil production rose thirty-two percent while lithium carbonate extraction increased fifty-nine percent, offsetting declines from mature oilfields and strengthening the contribution of newer resource industries to Argentina’s economy.
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