Argerich well18 Feb 2023 21:57
He further announced that “Equinor will hire a drilling ship that will be withdrawn after completion of the work” and that “no platform or installation will remain on the surface”.
The Argerich-1 exploratory well is the first deepwater well to be carried out 300 km offshore, in the CAN-100 block, operated by Equinor in consortium with the companies YPF and Shell Argentina. Preliminary studies carried out by YPF consider that there could be a deposit with the capacity to produce 200,000 barrels of oil per day, equivalent to almost 40% of the oil that Argentina produces today.