Total began production at the Vega Pleyade gas and condensate field in the Tierra del Fuego region of Argentina, the company said Feb. 25.
Vega Pleyade is located in the offshore Cuenca Marina Austral 1 (CMA-1) concession, which Total operates with a 37.5% interest. Its partners are Wintershall Energia, with 37.5% interest, and Pan American Energy, with 25%.
Operated by Total, the project will have a production capacity of 10 MMcm/d of gas, or 70 Mboe/d.
The Vega Pleyade development was completed in two and a half years.
There is a wellhead platform in 50 m of water, tied back to the Total-operated Rio Cullen and Cañadon Alfa onshore treatment facilities by a 77-km offshore pipeline.
Arnaud Breuillac, president of E&P for Total, said Vega Pleyade is the company’s second startup project in 2016, and it will allow the France-based company to maintain its operated production in Tierra del Fuego, which is about 130 Mboe/d, or 18 Mcm.
The project is the world’s southernmost gas development, he added.
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