The growth of Neuquén's energy hub attracts workers, services and investments, while the interior is gaining prominence in the new Argentine productive map.
There are 15 moves per week to Vaca Muerta, a fact that circulates among logistics companies and reflects the growing weight of Neuquén's energy hub, driven by high salaries, greater labor demand and an activity that is beginning to move consumption, services and employment in the region.
The movement is not limited to Neuquén. Activity is also growing towards the mountain range, with the impetus of oil, gas, mining, agro-industry and the services that accompany these sectors. These are poles that are beginning to gain prominence in an Argentina that is once again looking at its most competitive sectors: energy, mining, agro-industry and associated services, all key to generating foreign exchange,
investment and private employment. Extraction plant in Vaca Muerta.
The productive poles of the interior are beginning to attract employment, consumption and activity. Vaca Muerta appears to be the most visible case, but the mining areas of Cuyo, Catamarca and Jujuy are also growing, as well as agro-industrial areas that reconfigure the country's
logistics demand.
In addition to the technical and specialized profiles required by the main activity, the growth of Vaca Muerta also promotes a second layer of services around the energy sector. Shops, gastronomy, transportation, maintenance, accommodation and assistance to workers are starting to move at the pace of oil and mining, expanding the economic impact beyond jobs directly linked to deposits
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The regional report of the IERAL- Mediterranean Foundation states that the Comahue region will face a 2026 with a moderate and very heterogeneous recovery. Neuquén is emerging as one of the big winners due to the promotion of unconventional oil, with better prospects for employment,
income and activity. Luis Caputo, Minister of Economy.
The challenge ahead is to accompany this change with more modern logistics, capable of better connecting production centers with ports, domestic markets and new growth areas. Along these lines, the Minister of Economy, Luis “Toto” Caputo, has already anticipated the need to improve routes and connectivity to reduce costs and enhance the competitiveness of the interior
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Caputo said that in the coming years, Argentine logistics will be “totally different”, with an expected expansion of routes and improvements in connectivity. The Government's commitment is precisely to ensure that the growth of Vaca Muerta, mining and agro-industry is not isolated, but integrated into a more federal, exporting and dynamic economy
