Vaca Muerta & Reserves
2.8B bbl 1P
#2 Global Shale Gas · #4 Shale Oil
16B bbl TRR Oil~815 kbbl/d (2026)
🇦🇷 Country Spatial Intelligence · SmartView Engine
Argentina Oil & Gas Map & Market Profile
Live geospatial intelligence covering Argentina's booming Vaca Muerta shale formation (Neuquén Basin), the historic Golfo San Jorge, Austral & Cuyo basins, Oldelval/Otasa and Gasoducto Perito Moreno (GPNK) trunklines, YPF La Plata/Campana refineries, and Medanito & Escalante crude benchmarks.
Key Country Benchmarks
Medanito Crude (Live)
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Mapped Blocks
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0 Production · 0 Exploration
Wells & Platforms
100K+wells
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Pipeline Network
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Oldelval, Otasa, GPNK, TGS, TGN
Refineries & Fields
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La Plata, Luján de Cuyo, Campana
Interactive Spatial Explorer & Basin Analytics
Dynamic telemetry extracting Argentine vector blocks, shale development pads, trunklines, and refineries directly within the active viewport. Pan, zoom, or select a preset basin to query localized infrastructure.
📐 Largest Blocks by Area Area_Km2 (km²)
Blocks in active view from the PRODUCTION layer, segmented by Type (Production vs. Exploration/Concessions). Click legend to switch or click any bar to zoom.
⚡ Infrastructure Breakdown 0 assets
Distribution of energy facilities and pipeline segments in the active view.
🏢 Key Operators in View
Leading upstream operators parsed from the company layer attribute (click to zoom to asset).
📊 Crude Oil Production (Sec. Energía / EIA)
Annual output trend (kbbl/d) · Driven by Vaca Muerta (YPF, Vista, PAE, Tecpetrol, Pluspetrol, Shell).
🛢️ Medanito & Escalante vs. Global Benchmarks
Live spot pricing (USD/bbl) reflecting Argentina's premium light sweet shale vs. heavy sweet export crude.
Argentina's Major Petroleum Basins
- Neuquén Basin & Vaca Muerta Shale
- The undisputed epicenter of South American unconventional energy. Spanning Neuquén, Río Negro, La Pampa, and southern Mendoza, Vaca Muerta holds ~35° API light sweet crude (Medanito) and prolific dry/wet gas. Flagship concessions include Loma Campana, Bajada del Palo Oeste, La Amarga Chica, Fortín de Piedra, and Bandurria Sur.
- Golfo San Jorge Basin (Chubut & Santa Cruz)
- Argentina's pioneer mature oil basin (discovered 1907 in Comodoro Rivadavia). Produces Escalante Blend (~24° API), an internationally valued heavy sweet crude widely demanded by global coastal refiners for low-sulfur marine bunker fuel blending.
- Austral & Tierra del Fuego Basin
- Located in southern Patagonia and offshore southern waters. Major natural gas supplying region fed by offshore developments (Fénix, Carina-Aries) and the San Martín pipeline system to the central industrial corridor.
- Midstream Expansion (Oldelval, Otasa, GPNK & Vaca Muerta Sur)
- Massive pipeline buildouts including the Duplicar Project (Oldelval to Puerto Rosales), Otasa export line across the Andes to Chile's ENAP Talcahuano refinery, and the Gasoducto Perito Moreno (former GPNK) linking Tratayén to Salliqueló.
Medanito & Escalante Benchmark Dynamics
Medanito (~35° API, <0.2% sulfur) is Argentina's domestic light sweet crude generated from the Neuquén Basin. Its premium API yield drives modern cracking units. Escalante (~24.1° API, 0.19% sulfur) from Golfo San Jorge offers virtually zero sulfur with rich fuel oil fractions, making it an optimal blending component for IMO 2020 bunker specifications.
Data Sources & Open License
Spatial layers on this dashboard are dynamically extracted from the World Oil Map vector tileset, integrating verified public concession data from the Secretaría de Energía de la Nación, IAPG (Instituto Argentino del Petróleo y del Gas), and the OGIM Database licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Macroeconomic balances and energy throughput figures are cross-verified with official reports and live spot market quotes.
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