According to local reports in October 2018, state company YPF has plugged and abandoned the Caldenes Central 2 new-field wildcat (NFW) with oil and gas shows on its Los Caldenes block in September 2018. The well reached its total depth (TD) of 2,890 m (9,482 ft) in June 2018 after it was spudded in May 2018 with the original planned targeted depth of 3,020 m (9,908 ft) and objectives in the Kimmeridgian Sierras Blancas Formation and Tithonian to Valanginian Quintuco Formation.  The Los Caldenes block covers 115 sq km of land in the Neuquen Embayment area of the Neuquen Basin on the Rio Negro Province.  Caldenes Central 2 is situated approximately 3 km south of the Manzano Grande 1 oil and gas discovery from February 2015. The well tested 163.5 bo/d and 247 Mscfg/d plus 19 bw/d from the Sierras Blancas Formation and 119.5 bo/d and 1.5 MMscfg/d Quintuco Formation.  Background Information    Current production in Los Caldenes block comes from the field of the same name that was discovered in 1999. Oil production was put on-stream later in the same year before it was temporarily shut-in in April 2007, while gas production was put on-stream in March 2014. The field has produced a total of 532.9 Mbo and 563.3 MMscfg at the end of 2017.
Argentina (Neuquen Embayment (Neuquen B.)) Los Caldenes