Vacas Muertas Oil and Gas Field (Mendoza, Argentina)

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Vacas Muertas Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Mendoza, Argentina.

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Vacas Muertas	operating	Petroleos Sudamericanos	–	–	–	–	–

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Vacas Muertas 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	0.0	million m³	2020	​
gas	2P reserves	0.0	million m³	2022	​
oil	2P reserves	0.0	million bbl	2020	​
oil	2P reserves	0.0	million bbl	2022	​

Table 3: Production from Vacas Muertas 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	5.08	million m³/y	2020	​
production	oil	0.68	million bbl/y	2020	​
production	condensate	0.0	million bbl/y	2021	​
production	gas	2.3	million m³/y	2021	​
production	oil	0.57	million bbl/y	2021	​
production	condensate	0.0	million bbl/y	2022	​
production	gas	1.35	million m³/y	2022	​
production	oil	0.53	million bbl/y	2022	​
production	gas	3.8	million m³/y	2023	​
production	oil	0.46	million bbl/y	2023	​
production	gas	3.33	million m³/y	2024	​
production	oil	0.46	million bbl/y	2024	​

Location

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

Concession/Block	Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
La Ventana	Cuyana	Mendoza, Argentina	onshore	-33.493, -68.605 (exact)

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