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The Los Molles Formation is a geologic formation of Early to
It is the second largest oil and gas formation in the Neuquén Basin after the Vaca Muerta. Los Molles Formation is estimated to have of technically recoverable shale gas and of technically recoverable oil.EIA, 2013 In July 2015, the ''Buenos Aires Herald'' indicated that Pan American Energy and YPF planned to drill 46 shale gas wells in Los Molles over the next four years in their Lindero Atravesado drilling block, at an estimated cost of US$590 million.Shale fields to get US$14 billion boost
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Middle Jurassic
The Middle Jurassic is the second Epoch (geology), epoch of the Jurassic Period (geology), Period. It lasted from about 174.1 to 161.5 million years ago. Fossils of land-dwelling animals, such as dinosaurs, from the Middle Jurassic are relativel ...
age, located at northern and central part of Neuquén Basin at Mendoza Shelf in Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
. It is overlain by the Niyeu–Lajas Formation.McIlroy et al., 2005
Description
It is the second largest oil and gas formation in the Neuquén Basin after the Vaca Muerta. Los Molles Formation is estimated to have of technically recoverable shale gas and of technically recoverable oil.EIA, 2013 In July 2015, the ''Buenos Aires Herald'' indicated that Pan American Energy and YPF planned to drill 46 shale gas wells in Los Molles over the next four years in their Lindero Atravesado drilling block, at an estimated cost of US$590 million./ref>
Fossil content
Dinosaurs
Ornithischians
Crocodylomorphs
Ichthyosaurs
Plesiosaurs
Molluscs
Cephalopods
See also
* Vaca Muerta * List of dinosaur bearing rock formations * Toarcian turnover * Toarcian formations ** Marne di Monte Serrone, Italy ** Calcare di Sogno, Italy ** El Pedregal Formation, Spain ** Sachrang Formation, Austria ** Posidonia Shale, Lagerstätte in Germany ** Ciechocinek Formation, Germany and Poland ** Krempachy Marl Formation, Poland and Slovakia ** Lava Formation, Lithuania ** Azilal Group, North Africa ** Whitby Mudstone, England ** Fernie Formation, Alberta and British Columbia *** Poker Chip Shale ** Whiteaves Formation, British Columbia ** Navajo Sandstone, Utah ** Mawson Formation, Antarctica ** Kandreho Formation, Madagascar ** Kota Formation, India ** Cattamarra Coal Measures, AustraliaReferences
Bibliography
* * * {{citation , last=Various , first=Authors , year=2013 , title=Technically Recoverable Shale Oil and Shale Gas Resources: An Assessment of 137 Shale Formations in 41 Countries Outside the United States , url=http://www.eia.gov/analysis/studies/worldshalegas/pdf/fullreport.pdf , publisher=U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) , pages=_ , accessdate=2013-06-11 Geologic formations of Argentina Jurassic System of South America Early Jurassic South America Middle Jurassic South America Jurassic Argentina Pliensbachian Stage Aalenian Stage Toarcian Stage Bathonian Stage Bajocian Stage Callovian Stage Shale formations Source rock formations Reservoir rock formations Formations Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of South America Paleontology in Argentina Oil fields in Argentina Unconventional oil Shale gas Geology of Mendoza Province Geology of Neuquén Province