Extract from YBF Q1 Report News14 May 2024 07:57
F.Y.I
Company officials, during their Q1 results call, gave updates on different operational areas, and commented on the potential impact of an investment promotion regime in the government’s economic reform bill.
OFFSHORE
YPF partner Equinor in April began drilling exploratory well Argerich-1 offshore Buenos Aires province, work expected to continue over the next two months, the call heard.
YPF, which holds a 35% equity stake, expects an eventual production rate of 200,000b/d if oil is struck at the Argentina Norte basin license, known as CAN-100.
“It’s targeting a very big structure… we’re looking for something quite material,” YPF strategy VP Maximiliano Westen said, referring to similarities between geological formations offshore South America and those off the coast of West Africa, where discoveries have been made.
Argerich-1 would be Argentina’s first ultra-deepwater well. Exploration work was carried out in shallower waters offshore Buenos Aires, in the Colorado basin, in 1969-97, with 18 wells drilled. Oil was extracted from one during repeat formation testing.
Elsewhere on the exploration map, YPF has the environmental nod to shoot 3D seismic at CAN-102.