Argentina Supporting Argentina to become a global energy exporter
In Argentina, Wintershall Dea is a major supplier of energy and belongs to the country’s top producers of natural gas. For more than four decades, offshore gas production in Tierra del Fuego has been a solid foothold for Argentina's energy supply.
Río Cullen plant: producing gas from the world’s southernmost region.
Wintershall Dea has been active in Argentina for 45 years. Today, the company has stakes in onshore and offshore fields in Neuquén and Tierra del Fuego and with these contributes significantly to Argentina's energy supply. With a total production of about 66,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, Argentina is a core country in the company portfolio. Wintershall Dea’s activities in the country have a clear focus on the production of gas which plays a key role in the country's energy matrix.
Where we operate in Argentina
The company is active in the provinces of Neuquén as well as onshore and offshore in Tierra del Fuego in the south of Argentina.
Off the coast of Tierra del Fuego, Wintershall Dea has been working successfully with its partners for many years to supply Argentina with energy. The region forms the backbone of the country‘s energy supply – today around 16 per cent of Argentina‘s natural gas is produced in the CMA-1 (Cuenca Marina Austral 1) region alone. Natural gas production comes from Carina, Aries, Vega Pléyade and other smaller fields.
Another focus is on the Neuquén province in central Argentina, where Wintershall Dea has been present for 30 years. Together with its partners, Wintershall Dea is producing natural gas from the conventional reservoirs and shale gas play of Aguada Pichana Este and San Roque.
66,000
barrels of oil equivalent per day are produced by the company in Argentina.
Approx.
16%
of the gas produced in Argentina comes from the offshore concession CMA-1.
FÉNIX – a key energy project
As part of the CMA-1 concession development activities, Wintershall Dea and its partners TotalEnergies and Pan American Energy are currently developing the Fénix field, which is located offshore in Tierra del Fuego. Fénix is the latest incremental development project in the CMA-1 concession and is expected to deliver significant volumes of natural gas for more than 15 years, reinforcing the company's long-term commitment to domestic gas production in Argentina.
First gas from Fénix is expected in the fourth quarter of 2024 and is planned to reach peak gross production of around 10 million cubic metres of gas per day.
Vega Pléyade is connected to the onshore processing installations at Rio Cullen via a 77-km gas exporting pipeline.
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