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Operator · Neuquén

Shell Argentina

It produced 12,606 kBOE in 2025 in Neuquén (3.1% of the provincial total) with 184 reported wells. With 7 months of 2026 reported, its annualized production would be 16,643 kBOE. Under Res. 258/2025 it is a large operator.

Obligations

What it must file and when.

Timeline from procedure IF-2026-00937453 applied to the large segment. Filing status will be completed once the province shares the reports it receives.

InventoryMinimum levelVerificationLDARDueFiled
2025Own methodologyyes, the corporate verification they already perform2025 LDAR report in September 2026Overdue · 2026-09-30No official data
2026Own methodology + Scope 2yes, the corporate verification they already perform2026 LDAR report in September 2027Next · 2027-09-30No official data
2027Level 3 at 100% + Scope 2yes, under provincial criteria (to be defined in 2026)to be definedUpcoming · 2028-09-30No official data
2028Level 4 at 50% + Scope 2yesto be definedUpcoming · 2029-09-30No official data
2029Level 4 at 75% + Scope 2yesto be definedUpcoming · 2030-09-30No official data
2030Level 4 at 100% + Scope 2yesto be definedUpcoming · 2031-09-30No official data

Territory

4 operated concessions and what satellites detected within them.

Highlighted areas are those Neuquén registers under this operator. Detections are shown within those areas without attributing them as the company’s own measurement.

  • COIRON AMARGO SUR OESTE · unconventional exploitation concession · 67 km²
  • CRUZ DE LORENA · unconventional exploitation concession · 159 km²
  • BAJADA DE AÑELO · unconventional exploitation concession · 204 km²
  • SIERRAS BLANCAS · unconventional exploitation concession · 168 km²
NEUQUÉN · VACA MUERTAN ↑
Concession (121)Operated by a company above 9,000 kBOE/yearThermal anomalies, last 12 months2025 flare (320)IMEO/MARS source (16)Carbon Mapper source (25)Venting permit (131)

Production: Production: datos.energia.gob.ar, Chapter IV, well-level production, Neuquén province (CC BY 4.0). Rules: Res. 258/2025, Disp. 1/26, IF-2026-00937453. Venting: SESCO, National Energy Secretariat, gas balance, vented gas, Neuquén province (thousand m³). Flares: World Bank, Global Flaring and Methane Reduction Partnership (VIIRS), Vaca Muerta sites. Reported venting in the last 12 months: 10,259 thousand m³.