Our offshore projects

In 2019 Equinor added eight exploration blocks offshore Argentina to the company’s portfolio.

We were granted permits for five blocks as operator and participated in winning bids for one block to be operated by YPF, and one block to be operated by Total, in the Offshore Licensing Round in April 2019.

In August the same year we farmed into the CAN_100 block with YPF in the North and took over operatorship.

Equinor’s eight blocks are spread across basins. We are operator for three blocks in the Northern Argentina Basin in the North and three across the Austral and Western Malvinas basins in the South.

Licence blocks

BLOCKS	OVERVIEW	BASIN	BLOCK SIZE KM2
CAN_100	Equinor 50% (operator). YPF 50%	Northern Argentina basin	15012
CAN_108	Equinor 100%	Northern Argentina basin	2878
CAN_114	Equinor 50% (operator). YPF 50%	Northern Argentina basin	7084
CAN_102	YPF 50% (operator). Equinor 50%	Northern Argentina basin	8921
MLO_121	Equinor 100%	Western Malvinas basin	4291
MLO_123	Total 37,5% (operator), YPF 37,5%, Equinor 25%	Western Malvinas basin	3796
AUS_105	Equinor 40% (operator), YPF 35% and CGC 25%	Austral basin	2130
AUS_106	Equinor 40% (operator), YPF 35% and CGC 25%	Austral basin	2161

Equinor has made a commitment to the Argentinian government to carry out 3D seismic surveys in our operated blocks within the first exploration period.