There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. The vaca muerta formation weaver, 1931, a proven source rock for conventional reservoirs for almost a century. The vaca muerta meteorites are rare mesosiderites stonyiron type from the atacama desert in chile. About 4 tonnes out of an estimated initial mass of 6 tonnes have now been recovered. The project will be equally owned by shell and ypf. Waves of new actors and resources were and are attracted to town, increasing the hope for better times ahead. We divide the play into four subareas and use reported wellbywell data to forecast well economics and production. The dark meteorites were easy to spot against the pale sand of the desert. Vaca muerta, argentinas new development frontier inter. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws.
Several thousand years ago a large meteorite with a mass of various tons fell in a remote part of the desert in the taltal area. Nov 18, 2015 our inaugural vaca muerta development study offers groundbreaking economic analysis of argentinas massive vaca muerta shale. The vaca muerta formation, commonly known as vaca muerta spanish for dead cow is a geologic formation of late jurassic to early cretaceous age, located in the neuquen basin in northern patagonia, argentina. Toc total organic carbon content from a total of 800 tcf of estimated resources, around 27% 220 tcf are assigned to vaca muerta formation figure 3. Vaca muerta meteorite for sale the meteorite exchange. It is well known as the host rock for major deposits of shale oil and shale gas the large oil discovery in the vaca muerta formation was made in 2010 by the former repsolypf, which. The ypf position vaca muerta play vaca muerta is present in an area of 30. Houston, 4 may 2017 production from the seven most advanced developments in the vaca muerta play covering only 8% of play acreage, is expected to increase by 43% in 2017 to 77 kboed, and to double 2016 levels by 2018 to 1 kboed, according to a new vaca muerta development study by wood mackenzie. These specimens have been cleaned but left in a near natural state. Vaca muerta meteorite article about vaca muerta meteorite.
The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first. Our inaugural vaca muerta development study offers groundbreaking economic analysis of argentinas massive vaca muerta shale. The concession has both conventional production potential and vaca muerta shale potential. Vaca muerta agrio 27% 5% neocomiano 2% d 129 12% serie tobifera 1% palermo aike 20% figure 2. Vaca muerta mesosiderite, morenosite crystalline gardens. The following story shows how this may be dons, not only. Vaca muerta is one of the most stable and trouble free of the mesosiderites. Vaca muerta formation covers an area of some 36600 km 2 14 mi 2 and its thickness can reach up to 800 m 2600 ft towards the. This allowed the growth of wonderful crystalline formations of apple green color or greenish white vitrous luster. Integrated dynamic flow analysis to characterize an unconventional reservoir in argentina. The indians of the texas coast have long been reported as ferocious cannibals, even in presentday textbooks. Vaca muerta meteorite, taltal, antofagasta province. Argentinas vaca muerta shale may not be developed until. The rest are just trials, said bizzotto, explaining the magnitude of the operations in vaca muerta, which contains shale oil and gas reserves at depths of up to 3,000 metres.
Vaca muerta meteorite, taltal, antofagasta province, antofagasta, chile. Pdf the tithonianvalanginian vaca muerta formation weaver 1931, located in the. Pdf transecta sismica regional del sistema vaca muerta. Vaca muerta, which in spanish means dead cow, holds more hope for both chevron and. Mesosiderites are stonyiron space rocks that are a half and half mixture of nickeliron and rock. Vaca muerta meteorite vah kah mwair tah a rare stonyiron mesosiderite meteorite, many kilograms of which were found in 1861 over an area of 12. Based on regional 2d and 3d seismic data, the vaca muerta stacking pattern reflects a. Unlike conventional oil and gas extracted from deposits where they have been trapped for millions of years, shale oil and gas are removed from deep parentrock formations. Dry gas prospect vaca muerta basin neuquen province, argentina. That should lift economics on many vaca muerta wells given the significant volumes of natural gas associated with. Gis open files free terms and conditions site map aapg home. For this meteorite to show such a varied and disrupted character, the vaca muerta parent body. This dead cow has caught big oils attention the motley fool.
Classified as a mesosiderite, vaca muerta is a differentiated silicate and metal rich meteorite containing many silicate and eucrite inclusions. Pedersen, copen hag en university 0 bserva tory, denmark h. Argentinas vaca muerta shale may not be developed until oil. Nov 14, 2017 shale production has exploded in the u. The meteorite of vaca muerta fell in a zone of coastal influence of the atacama desert where the humidity goes in land in the form of dense fog. The first was having a portfolio of assets diversified in all fluid windows but with the focus in the gas window.
May 04, 2017 houston, 4 may 2017 production from the seven most advanced developments in the vaca muerta play covering only 8% of play acreage, is expected to increase by 43% in 2017 to 77 kboed, and to double 2016 levels by 2018 to 1 kboed, according to a new vaca muerta development study by wood mackenzie. Bloombergs alix steel travels to vaca muerta, argentinas prolific shale asset, to see if it can be the home of the. Vaca muerta meteorite vaca muerta is a mesosiderite meteorite. Vaca muerta development study report wood mackenzie. In addition, chevron holds a 50 percent nonoperated interest in. The aim of this paper is to present the stage of knowledge about these units based on published. Morenosite crystals, a heptahydrated nickel sulfate, are the result of a mixture of terrestrial sulfates with extraterrestrial. The vaca muerta shale basin is located in the neuquen basin in patagonia, argentina. The vaca muerta shale formation in patagonia has s.
However, generalized rentseeking interests in a context of weak governments seem to be transforming. It is well known as the host rock for major deposits of shale oil and shale gas. Anelo, a once forgotten town 600 miles southwest of buenos aires, argentina, is now in the middle of an oil boom as a result of the discovery of the vaca muerta shale field. Unconventional gas in argentina oxford institute for energy. Us state involvement in the vaca muerta megaproject in argentina. Jan 11, 2017 vaca muerta, which is spanish for dead cow, is a shale gas and oil formation the size of belgium in the heart of the region of patagonia and is essential to argentina being able to become self. The fact that 20% of exports are tax free also adds to the bottom line. Our scenarios from the study demonstrate that production could peak between 0.
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