Presented to journalists in the presence of Prensa Latina in July last year, this energy source is located in the Northern Sub-Andean region, in the department of La Paz.
According to the Daily Exploration Alert published by this specialized firm, the Mopane 1X discovery in Namibia stands out first, followed by Al Nokhatha 1 in Kuwait.
Also included in this ranking are Mangetti 1X, also in Namibia; Ahpun Topset East, in Alaska, United States; Ilginskoye, in Russia; Murene 1X, in the Ivory Coast; Nefertari 1, in Egypt; Bluefin 1, in Guyana; Mitikyakhskoye, in Russia; and Mayaya Centro X1.
“(…) If anyone had any doubts that we had discovered gas, this certification (…) dispels all doubt about the discovery and opens up new potential to attract investors in this unexplored area,” stated Raúl Eduardo Giraudo, CEO of YPFB Andina S.A.
The ranking was published this month by S&P Global, a company that merged with IHS Markit in 2022 and currently drives futures markets.
This corporation provides information on energy and raw materials. It also performs benchmark price assessments in global energy markets, among others.
“The magazine has identified our Mayaya well among the ten largest discoveries in the world. This has given us room to explore in Pando, Beni, and other departments where exploration had not been done before,” stated President Luis Arce in 2024.
For his part, YPFB President Armin Dorgathen stated that the Mayaya Centro X1 well represents a “mega-discovery” of a basin in the Northern Sub-Andean region that will mark a new era in hydrocarbon production in Bolivia. “There will be ‘immediate production’ of liquids and gas within three years,” he predicted.
He stated that this is one of Bolivia’s most important discoveries of the last 100 years, comparable only to the Bermejo-2 well, Bolivia’s first oil well discovered in 1924 by the American Standard Oil Company, which is still operating today.
“We found another basin, like the one we found in Tarija and Santa Cruz, many years ago, 100 years ago, when the Bermejo well was discovered and development began,” the official reiterated to the press.
He emphasized that the Northern Subandean basin is a new deposit, “something similar to what we had in the south,” and encompasses the north of the department of La Paz, part of Beni and Pando.
He confirmed that (…) we are talking about a second stage, a second era of hydrocarbons that we will have in the country.”
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