2012年，阿根廷政府将YPF从西班牙雷普索尔公司（Repsol）手中收归国有，这造成了大量诉讼和反诉讼，拖延了页岩气领域的潜在投资。
Argentina’s government expropriated YPF from Spain’s Repsol in 2012, with the resulting suits and countersuits delaying any potential investment in shale.