阿根廷经济学家、布宜诺斯艾利斯省银行（Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires）行长斯特尔泽尼格（Federico Sturzenegger）估算，死牛气田天然气价值（以阿根廷现行天然气进口价格衡量）是阿根廷GDP的九倍。
Federico Sturzenegger, an Argentine economist and President of Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, has estimated the value of Vaca Muerta gas (at the prices Argentina currently pays for gas imports) to be equal to nine times the country’s GDP.