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Operator · Neuquén

YPF

It produced 170,138 kBOE in 2025 in Neuquén (41.3% of the provincial total) with 10,281 reported wells. With 7 months of 2026 reported, its annualized production would be 186,805 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

31 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.

  • RINCON DEL MANGRULLO · unconventional exploitation concession · 183 km²
  • FILO MORADO · exploitation concession · 166 km²
  • AGUADA DE LA ARENA · unconventional exploitation concession · 109 km²
  • LA RIBERA I y II · unconventional exploitation concession · 22 km²
  • EL OREJANO · unconventional exploitation concession · 45 km²
  • AGUADA DEL CHAÑAR · unconventional exploitation concession · 56 km²
  • LOMA AMARILLA SUR · unconventional exploitation concession · 176 km²
  • LOMA CAMPANA · unconventional exploitation concession · 395 km²
  • BAJO DEL TORO NORTE · unconventional exploitation concession · 114 km²
  • LA RIBERA I y II · unconventional exploitation concession · 60 km²
  • PASO DE LAS BARDAS NORTE · exploitation concession · 16 km²
  • PUESTO HERNANDEZ · exploitation concession · 121 km²
  • LA AMARGA CHICA · unconventional exploitation concession · 188 km²
  • CHIHUIDO DE LA SIERRA NEGRA · exploitation concession · 401 km²
  • CHIHUIDO DE LA SIERRA NEGRA · exploitation concession · 17 km²
  • LA ANGOSTURA SUR II · unconventional exploitation concession · 103 km²
  • LA ANGOSTURA SUR I · unconventional exploitation concession · 249 km²
  • LOMA LA LATA - SIERRA BARROSA · exploitation concession · 97 km²
  • NARAMBUENA · unconventional exploitation concession · 249 km²
  • CHIHUIDO DE LA SIERRA NEGRA · exploitation concession · 37 km²
  • BANDURRIA SUR · unconventional exploitation concession · 228 km²
  • SEÑAL PICADA - PUNTA BARDA · exploitation concession · 371 km²
  • RIO NEUQUEN · unconventional exploitation concession · 233 km²
  • AGUADA VILLANUEVA · exploitation concession · 233 km²
  • AGUADA VILLANUEVA NORTE · unconventional exploitation concession · 48 km²
  • LAS TACANAS II · unconventional exploitation concession · 236 km²
  • LAS TACANAS I · unconventional exploitation concession · 87 km²
  • MESETA BUENA ESPERANZA II · unconventional exploitation concession · 67 km²
  • MESETA BUENA ESPERANZA I · unconventional exploitation concession · 206 km²
  • MESETA BUENA ESPERANZA II · unconventional exploitation concession · 30 km²
  • LOMA LA LATA - SIERRA BARROSA · exploitation concession · 1,194 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: 380,923 thousand m³.