Zorro (Chubut) Oil and Gas Field (Argentina)

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Zorro (Chubut) Oil and Gas Field (Zorro (Chubut)) is an operating oil and gas field in Chubut, Argentina.

Zorro (Chubut) Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Zorro complex.

Zorro (Chubut) Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Chubut.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Zorro (Chubut) Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID¹ year	Production start year	Production type
Zorro	Operating^[1]^[2]^[3]	Pan American Energy Sl^[3]	Pan American Energy Sl (100.0%)^[4]	1962^[5]	–	–	Conventional^[6]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Zorro (Chubut) 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	1986.29	million m³	2020	^[7]
gas	2P reserves	1627	million m³	2022	^[6]
oil	2P reserves	140.87	million bbl	2020	^[7]
oil	2P reserves	122.34	million bbl	2022	^[6]

Table 3: Production from Zorro (Chubut) 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	66.4	million m³/y	2020	^[2]
production	oil	4.91	million bbl/y	2020	^[1]
production	gas	64.48	million m³/y	2021	^[2]
production	gas	0	million m³/y	2021	^[2]
production	gas	50.1	million m³/y	2022	^[2]
production	gas	0	million m³/y	2022	^[2]
production	oil	4.4	million bbl/y	2021	^[1]
production	oil	0	million bbl/y	2021	^[1]
production	condensate	0	million bbl/y	2021	^[1]
production	condensate	0	million bbl/y	2021	^[1]
production	oil	4.05	million bbl/y	2022	^[1]
production	oil	0	million bbl/y	2022	^[1]
production	condensate	0	million bbl/y	2022	^[1]
production	condensate	0	million bbl/y	2022	^[1]
production	gas	35.04	million m³/y	2023	^[3]
production	oil	3.72	million bbl/y	2023	^[3]
production	gas	33.35	million m³/y	2024	^[3]
production	oil	3.89	million bbl/y	2024	^[3]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Zorro (Chubut) Oil and Gas Field


Concession/Block	Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Anticlinal Grande - Cerro Dragon^[8]	Golfo San Jorge	Chubut, Argentina^[9]	Onshore^[10]	-45.9023, -68.5397 (exact)^[9]

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Zorro complex:

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 ^1.9 "Producción de petróleo por yacimiento". Argentina Secretaría de Energía. Sep 22, 2023. Archived from the original on Sep 22, 2023. Retrieved Sep 22, 2023.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 "Producción de gas por yacimiento". Argentina Secretaría de Energía. Sep 22, 2023. Archived from the original on Sep 22, 2023. Retrieved Sep 22, 2023.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 Energy Secretariat (2024). "Producción de petróleo promedio diaria por yacimiento; Producción de gas promedio diaria por yacimiento". Secretariat of Energy. Retrieved August 2, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 "Reservas al 31/12/2022 hasta el Final de la Vida Útil de los Yacimientos/ Fin de la concesión". Argentina Secretaría de Energía. December 31, 2022. Archived from the original on Oct 15, 2023. Retrieved Oct 15, 2023.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 "Reservas al 31/12/2020 hasta el Final de la Vida Útil de los Yacimientos/ Fin de la concesión". Argentina Secretaría de Energía. December 31, 2020. Archived from the original on October 2, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
↑ Arg oil by field 2021, Arg gas by field 2021
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 "Producción Hidrocarburos Yacimientos". Argentina Secretaría de Energía. April 22, 2020. Archived from the original on March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
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[Arg_oil_by_field_2023-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 ^1.9 "Producción de petróleo por yacimiento". Argentina Secretaría de Energía. Sep 22, 2023. Archived from the original on Sep 22, 2023. Retrieved Sep 22, 2023.

[Arg_gas_by_field_2023-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 "Producción de gas por yacimiento". Argentina Secretaría de Energía. Sep 22, 2023. Archived from the original on Sep 22, 2023. Retrieved Sep 22, 2023.

[SESCO2024-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 Energy Secretariat (2024). "Producción de petróleo promedio diaria por yacimiento; Producción de gas promedio diaria por yacimiento". Secretariat of Energy. Retrieved August 2, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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[autoref_1-5] (PDF) https://universidadysteam.fundacionypf.org.ar/Documentos/Exploraci%C3%B3n%20-%20El%20puente%20desde%20las%20ideas%20a%20la%20energ%C3%ADa.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[ARG_Reserves_2022-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 "Reservas al 31/12/2022 hasta el Final de la Vida Útil de los Yacimientos/ Fin de la concesión". Argentina Secretaría de Energía. December 31, 2022. Archived from the original on Oct 15, 2023. Retrieved Oct 15, 2023.

[ARG_Reserves_2020-7] 7.0 ^7.1 "Reservas al 31/12/2020 hasta el Final de la Vida Útil de los Yacimientos/ Fin de la concesión". Argentina Secretaría de Energía. December 31, 2020. Archived from the original on October 2, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

[8] Arg oil by field 2021, Arg gas by field 2021

[Arg_yaci_shp_2020-9] 9.0 ^9.1 "Producción Hidrocarburos Yacimientos". Argentina Secretaría de Energía. April 22, 2020. Archived from the original on March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.

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