2023-12-28 03:15:00
While in the Northern Argentine Basin (CAN) off the Buenos Aires coast, preparations are already underway for the first exploratory well, the gThe national government gave the green light so that seismic exploration of 3 other areas can begin offshore concessions but in this case in the extreme south of the country, in the Austral Basin and West Malvina.
Through Resolution 224 which was published yesterday in the Official Gazette, the Ministry of the Interior approved the seismic exploration processed for the blocks AUS 106, AUS 106 and MLO 121 whose scope was debated in public audience on November 22nd.
The areas will be operated by the firm Equinor, the same one that will carry out the work in the area located in front of Mar del Plata. But in this case has YPF and Compañía General de Combustibles (CGC), as partners in the development.
Specifically, the resolution endorses the authorizations that had already been given by the national directorates of Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Risk Analysis that ended on December 8.
The authorizations are given to the plan that includes the seismic prospecting of the subsoil of the three blocks, which Together they cover an area of regarding 8,500 square kilometers. and that were awarded in 2019, during the government of Mauricio Macri.
The blocks They are located a shorter distance from the beach line of Río Grande, in Tierra del Fuego.which ranges from 26 to 22 kilometers, and in all cases are located within the Exclusive Economic Zone of Argentina.
With the countdown now activated for the work, companies will have to go out and hire a special vessel for seismic exploration, which is carried out using sound waves that allow interpretation in 2 and 3D images of the seabed and its geological profiles.
With developments in operations both in Argentine waters and in those dominated by England over the Malvinas, the companies’ expectations of finding hydrocarbons are high, to the point that Equinor highlighted that this is a project that that company prioritized worldwide.
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