Macueta Oil and Gas Field (Salta, Argentina)

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Macueta Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Salta, Argentina.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Macueta Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID¹ year	Production start year	Production type
Macueta	operating^[1]^[2]^[3]	Pan American Energy^[1]	Shell PLC [22%]; Pan American Energy SL [52%]; Northwest Argentina Corp [1%]; YPF SA [22%]; Apco [1%]^[4]^[4]^[4]^[4]^[4]	–	–	–	–

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Macueta Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	2P reserves	4349.0	million m³	2020	^[5]
gas	2P reserves	3606.0	million m³	2022	^[6]
gas	2P reserves	3277.0	million m³	2023	^[6]
oil	2P reserves	3.12	million bbl	2020	^[5]
oil	2P reserves	2.42	million bbl	2022	^[6]
oil	2P reserves	2.3	million bbl	2023	^[6]

Table 3: Production from Macueta Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	gas	590.75	million m³/y	2020	^[3]
production	oil	0.36	million bbl/y	2020	^[2]
production	condensate	0.33	million bbl/y	2021	^[2]
production	oil	0.0	million bbl/y	2021	^[2]
production	condensate	0.29	million bbl/y	2022	^[2]
production	gas	245.73	million m³/y	2022	^[7]
production	oil	0.0	million bbl/y	2022	^[2]
production	gas	219.88	million m³/y	2023	^[1]
production	oil	0.14	million bbl/y	2023	^[1]
production	condensate	0.24	million bbl/y	2024	^[7]
production	gas	208.1	million m³/y	2024	^[1]
production	oil	0.12	million bbl/y	2024	^[1]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Macueta Oil and Gas Field


Concession/Block	Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Acambuco; Macueta Oeste^[2]^[3]	Noroeste	Salta, Argentina^[8]	onshore^[9]	-22.094, -63.939 (exact)^[8]

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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