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Symbol: BOE
West
East
Los Molles
Vaca Muerta
Geologic Age
M. Jurassic
Jur-Cret
Area sq.miles
9,730
8,540
Thickness (m)
0 3,300
100-750
Rich (m)
800
500
Net (m)
300
325
6,500-15,000
5,500-10,000
12,500
8,000
Reservoir Pressure
Overpressured
Overpressured
1.1%
4.0%
Thermal Maturity Ro
1.5%
1.25%
Clay content
Low/medium
Low/medium
GIP (bcf/sq.mi.)
123
168
478
687
Risked
Recoverable(tcf)
167
240
Deep
2 Chihuidos High
6
5
5 Neuqun Embayment
1
3
6 NE Platform
7 Neuqun Fold Belt
Vaca Muerta source rock is present and prospective for oil
and gas in a large portion of the basin.
1.3
0.6
0.0
2.0
ROCH : Coirn Amargo
CAS.x-1 (Coirn Amargo Sur) 3 months production
from Vaca Muerta, flowing @ 4 m3/d (25 bbl/d) after
only an acid job, no frac.
560
200
240
4093
0.0
Km
30
216
Loma La Lata
337
IPs in BOEPD
Unconventional Plays:
Neuqun's Potential
Shale Comparisons
Haynesville
Lithology
Barnett
Marcellus
Siliceous Marl
Chert
Calcareous Shale
3 to 4%
4 to 5%
4 to 7%
4 to 8%
3 to 5%
3 to 6%
4 to 8%
225 to 300
150 to 250
75 to 150
75 to 150
300 to 1300
125 to 450
120 to 280
Maturity (Ro)
1.7 to 2.8
1.3 to 2.1
1.3 to 2.4
1.2 to 2.8
1.4 to 1.8
1.6 to 2.7
0.7 to 1.8
9.6 to 10.6
11.6 to 13.5
9.6 to 10.6
9.4 to 17.3
10.6 to 13.5
9.6 to 14.5
7 to 9%
4 to 8%
7 to 9%
5 to 6%
7 to 12%
4 to 10%
4 to 10%
100 to 500
50 to 200
100 to 200
40 to 70
50 to 200
100 to 1000
100 to 1500
8 to 25
3 to 7
4 to 10
2 to 6
2 to 12
5 to 8
2 to 17
GIP*/Sq Mi (bcf)
150 to 250
100 to 150
75 to 125
75 to 150
175 to 250
80 to 250
EUR**/Well (bcf)
8 to 12
3 to 4.5
3 to 6
2.5 to 5
8 to 20
4 to 10
2 to 6
* Gas in place
** Estimated Ultimate Recovery
Companies with
Recent Land
Acquisitions in the
Shale Fairway
API has 1.28
million net
acres along
the northsouth trending
shale corridor
NuTech analysis of Barnett and Vaca Muerta shale sections in wells in API blocks.
The similarity of extensive, continuous permeability and silica is compelling
Barnett
Los Toldos
Silica
Clay
Calcite
Permeability
Hydrocarbon
Los Toldos
Los Toldos
0
feet
0
Barnett
Haynesville
Marcellus
Eagle Ford
Horn River
500
1000
Vaca
Muerta
Barnett
Haynesville
Marcellus
Eagle Ford
Horn River
2350
500
350
300
220
600
Talisman: Montney
150 bcf/section
128 bcf/section
Eagle Ford
70 metre thickness