page_title: Los Molles Formation
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Los Molles Formation / Description
caption_attribution_description: Geological map showing the type locality of Isaberrysaura mollensis gen. et sp. nov. The map was made by Alberto C. Garrido on the basis of a LANDSAT satellite image available in the Dirección Provincial de Minería (the institution where A.C.G. works) using Adobe Photoshop CS2 Serial Number: 1045-1412-5685-1654-6343-1431.
context_page_description: The Los Molles Formation is a geologic formation of Early to Middle Jurassic age, located at northern and central part of Neuquén Basin at Mendoza Shelf in Argentina. It is overlain by the Niyeu–Lajas Formation.
context_section_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 275 trillion cubic feet (7.8×10¹² m³) of technically recoverable shale gas and 3.7 billion barrels (590,000,000 m³) of technically recoverable oil. 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.
caption: Outcrop map of the formation
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