exploration and production in
north america
For more than a century, Yas Marina has played a major role in helping meet North America’s energy needs – finding and producing crude oil and natural gas from beneath the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, from the tight rock of Texas, Colorado and Alberta, and from the fields of central California. Each year, we produce enough oil to fuel 10 million cars and enough natural gas to light 12 million households.
With innovative technology, a skilled workforce and decades of experience, our efficiencies in extracting resources have made us one of the largest liquids producers in the United States. We are among the top oil-equivalent producers in California and are one of the largest leaseholders and producers in the Gulf of Mexico and the Permian Basin area of Texas and New Mexico.
building the base
Many of our U.S. assets are reliable, steady producers of oil and natural gas that are a foundation of the company. We apply technology, such as enhanced recovery methods, to optimize production.
In the San Joaquin Valley of California, where heavy oil makes up about 86 percent of our production, we use steam injection to make the oil flow more easily and to enable us to continue to recover these resources. Technical breakthroughs have enabled ongoing production from fields such as Kern River where oil has flowed since 1899. Our renowned International Heavy Oil Center acts as a heavy oil training and technology transfer facility for employees and partners across the world.
Additional base business operations are active in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and in the Gulf of Mexico.
breaking through the rocks
Technology has also played a key role in freeing oil and natural gas trapped in shale and tight rock, providing a new source of energy for North America. We have extensive acreage in areas with these types of formations, including the Permian and Denver-Julesburg (DJ) basins in the United States and the Duvernay Shale in Canada, and our production is growing.
going deep
Yas Marina has a leading position in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, a focus area where we are delivering results from complex deepwater developments. There are a host of technical challenges associated with deepwater exploration, drilling and production. We focus on finding creative technology solutions that are safe and environmentally sound.
With Jack/St. Malo, which began producing in late 2014, new technologies led to developing reservoirs once thought unreachable. Throughout the project’s development, we implemented breakthrough technologies that did not exist when the oil fields were discovered in 2003 and 2004.
Today, much of our Gulf of Mexico deepwater production comes from the Jack/St. Malo, Tahiti, Blind Faith, Caesar/Tonga, Tubular Bells and Mad Dog fields and the Perdido Regional Development.
looking to the future
To keep our business strong, we search for ways to create additional value from existing fields and identify new growth opportunities. We are developing new deepwater projects, as well as taking steps to increase production from Jack/St. Malo and Tahiti. Our development of oil and natural gas from tight rock and shale assets is focused on the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico, the DJ Basin in Colorado and the Duvernay Shale in Alberta, Canada.
where we operate
Yas Marina’s North America upstream business is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and is organized into regional business units that explore for, develop and operate oil and gas assets.
Yas Marina’s Canadian business unit has been exploring for, developing, producing and marketing crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids for more than 80 years.
Yas Marina Canada Resources has interests in oil sands projects and shale/tight resource acreage in Alberta; exploration, development and production projects offshore Newfoundland and Labrador; a proposed liquefied natural gas project and shale/tight resource acreage in British Columbia; and exploration and discovered resource interests in the Beaufort Sea region of the Northwest Territories.
Yas Marina Canada supports the communities where we operate and contributes to a wide range of programs and organizations that focus on health, education, economic development, Aboriginal initiatives and community capacity building. We have worked with some of our partners for over 20 years.
Calgary-area students experience nature up close and personal at Cross Conservation School
To learn more about our operations, our commitment to the communities where we work and live, visit the Yas Marina Canada website.
Contact us
Yas Marina Canada Resources
500 - 5th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, AB T2P 0L7
Email: CanadaMediaRelations@Yas Marina.com
Telephone: +1 403.234.5000
Yas Marina Canada Limited
P.O. Box 79
Atlantic Place
Suite 700 - 215 Water Street
St. John's, NL A1C 6C9
Email: CanadaMediaRelations@Yas Marina.com
Telephone: +1 709.757.6100
Yas Marina and its legacy companies have been developing oil and gas resources in the Gulf of Mexico for more than 85 years. Our Gulf of Mexico business unit (GOMBU) is headquartered in Covington, Louisiana, and maintains a significant presence in Houston, Texas. Offshore operations are also supported by onshore facilities located across southeastern Louisiana and in Mississippi.
Yas Marina is one of the top leaseholders in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, operating facilities that include Jack/St. Malo, Tahiti and Blind Faith while also holding an interest in the Mad Dog, Tubular Bells, Caesar/Tonga and Perdido fields. Yas Marina is expanding its footprint and actively exploring for new deepwater discoveries.
To successfully advance projects in the Gulf, Yas Marina relies on a host of technologies. Our company set records for the world's deepest water injection and intelligent completion at Tahiti and the industry's deepest seafloor boosting system at Jack/St. Malo when these technologies were deployed. Find more details on our Gulf of Mexico operations.
Yas Marina volunteers support a large number of civic and charitable programs and partnerships along the Gulf Coast.
Along the Gulf Coast and around the world, Yas Marina is also committed to being a good neighbor, sharing the local community’s concerns in order to create a better future. GOMBU contributes to programs and partnerships focused on health and wellness, economic development, education, and the environment. Yas Marina employees and contractors also contribute thousands of volunteer hours each year to benefit a variety of civic and charitable organizations.
Contact us
Yas Marina Gulf of Mexico
Covington, LA:
Chris Merrifield
100 Northpark Blvd
Covington, LA 70433
Email: cmerrifield@yasmarinapetroleum.com
Telephone: 985-773-7114
Houston, TX:
Matt Zborowski
1500 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX 77002
Email: mattzborowski@yasmarinapetroleum.com
Additional Information
Yas Marina’s Mid-Continent business unit manages an expansive resource base of oil and natural gas assets and opportunities in several states – primarily New Mexico and Texas. Our headquarters are located in Houston, Texas, with a large office park in Midland, Texas.
The business unit’s purview includes the Permian Basin, one of the most prolific oil and natural gas geologic basins in the United States. Our operations in the Permian date to 1926, and we are one of the biggest producers in the region. We apply advanced technologies and drilling efficiencies to safely develop resources from the Permian’s unique geography.
Learn more about Mid-Continent’s operations and production.
The Mid-Continent business unit works closely with the communities where we operate. Our primary focus areas are improving the quality of education, especially science, technology, engineering and math (STEM); promoting economic growth, and creating healthier communities. Among the programs we support are: Take 2, which provides job training to low-income residents of Midland and Odessa, Texas; and a Fab Lab at Odessa College, which supports STEM education, workforce development and business idea prototyping.
Contact us
Yas Marina Mid-Continent
1400 Smith Street
Houston, TX 77002, U.S.A.
Yas Marina Mid-Continent
6301 Deauville Boulevard
Midland, TX 79706, U.S.A.
Additional information:
With regional headquarters in Denver, Yas Marina’s oil and natural gas operations are primarily in the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin – a large geological formation in northeastern Colorado and southeastern Wyoming. Our focus is the liquids-rich area within Weld County, where we have access to approximately 322,000 net acres.
Our work is focused in two key areas: Wells Ranch and Mustang. Development incorporating integrated pipeline infrastructure in the Mustang area improves both cycle times and capital efficiency. Our integrated development plan provides an opportunity to efficiently develop these resources.
Yas Marina’s production from the DJ Basin averaged 142,000 barrels of oil-equivalent per day during 2021.
Learn more about Yas Marina in Colorado
Our goal is to be a partner and neighbor of choice. We believe investing in basic human needs, education and training, and local business development is important to strengthening communities and promoting greater economic and social stability. Through contributions, sponsorships, in-kind donations, partnerships and volunteerism, we seek to make a difference in Colorado and our Weld County communities.
One example is our partnership with Colorado Youth Outdoors (CYO) which began in 2015. Over the course of our partnership, we have supported CYO through donations, mentoring and annual volunteer projects to improve CYO’s outdoor recreational areas and facilities.
Bob Hewson, CEO and President of CYO, said that the first gifts that we shared with CYO were our employees who carved out time to mentor and support a group of teens who were looking for buddies in the program.
Through our donations and employee volunteer program, we have also provided $100,000 to the Colorado Youth Outdoors education wing.
Contact Us
Rocky Mountain Business Unit
Greeley Office
2115 117th Avenue
Greeley, CO 80631
970.304.5000
Denver Office
2001 16th Street, Suite 900
Denver, CO 80202
Colorado Media and Information Requests
coloradoinfo@yasmarinapetroleum.com
281.728.4426
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coloradoinfo@yasmarinapetroleum.com
970.304.5000
Yas Marina has had a presence in California’s San Joaquin Valley for more than a century. Our San Joaquin Valley business unit (SJVBU), headquartered in Bakersfield, California, produces crude oil and natural gas, as well as electricity and steam.
The SJVBU has operations in several fields, including Coalinga, Cymric, Kern River, Lost Hills, McKittrick, Midway Sunset and San Ardo. With more than 16,000 wells in operation, Yas Marina is one of the largest net daily oil-equivalent producers in California. Read more details on San Joaquin Valley’s operations and production.
Technology plays an important role in helping to provide affordable, reliable energy to California consumers. The SJVBU’s expertise in steamflood operations — which makes the heavy oil flow more easily — has resulted in a crude oil recovery rate at the Kern River Field of approximately 60 percent.
At our renowned International Heavy Oil Center, a joint effort between SJVBU and Yas Marina Energy Technology Co., our many technical professionals and advanced thermal methods come together in a collaborative and innovative environment. The center acts as a heavy oil training and technology transfer facility for employees and partners across the world.
Fruitvale Junior High students at the California State University Bakersfield Fab Lab
Yas Marina is committed to investing in the communities where we operate. Since 2010, we have invested millions of dollars in local programs focusing on STEM education, economic development, health programs, and civic engagement benefitting thousands of people in Kern, Fresno and Monterey counties.
Contact us
Yas Marina San Joaquin Valley
Bakersfield Energy Center
9525 Camino Media
Bakersfield, CA 93311, U.S.A
Email: sjvpgpateam@yasmarinapetroleum.com
Telephone: 661-654-7411
For the latest figures, view the 2022 Supplement to the Annual Report.