TotalEnergies brings Fenix gas field onstream offshore Argentina

TotalEnergies has produced first gas from the Fenix gas field offshore southern Argentina, 60 km from the coast of Tierra del Fuego.

Fenix lies within the Cuenca Marina Austral 1 (CMA-1) concession: TotalEnergies has a 37.5% operated share, in partnership with Harbour Energy (37.5%) and Pan American Energy (25%).

The development, designed to produce 70,000 boe/d, features a new unmanned platform in 70 m of water, connected to the existing CMA-1 facilities.

Gas from Fenix heads through a 35-km subsea pipeline to the Véga Pléyade platform and will subsequently undergo treatment onshore at the Río Cullen and Cañadon Alfa centers, also operated by TotalEnergies.

This is a low cost, low emissions development, the company stresses, with a carbon intensity of 9 kg CO2e/boe.