According to local reports in October 2018, state company YPF was testing the Canadon Piedras 2005 deeper pool wildcat (DPW) in the Tobifera Formation in the interval between 1,481 to 1,641 m (4,859 to 5,384 ft), located on Block A of the Tierra del Fuego concession. The well reached its total depth (TD) of 1,776 m (5,827 ft) back in late March 2018 after it was spudded earlier in the same month.   Block A of Tierra del Fuego covers 519 sq km of area in onshore and offshore Austral Basin.  Background Information    The Canadon Piedras field has produced over 30 MMbo and 355 Bscfg from the shallower reservoir of Springhill Formation since it was put on-stream in 1966. The field has been on improved recovery since 1992.
Argentina (Austral B.) Canadon Piedras