Petroamerica has announced that it has commenced tests and drilling activities in the Las Maracas-7 appraisal well on the Las Maracas field in Los Ocarros Block in Colombia.
The company has drilled the Las Maracas-7 to 400m from the Las Maracas-6 well and discovered potential net oil pay in the Mirador main Gacheta and basal Gacheta sands.
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Tuscany109 rig has been used to drill the Las Maracas-7 well, where it is currently drilling a water disposal well down to the Carbonera C1 formation.
The company said drilling on the field will recommence in the second quarter of 2013.
The field is currently producing about 8,500 barrels of oil per day with a water cut of less than 2% and is expected to remain at these levels till the permanent production facility becomes operational.
Petroamerica has also drilled the Balay-4 on the Balay Block, well to its total depth and is currently carrying out testing. The company plans to turn the well into a commercial producer, using an electro-submersible pump.
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By GlobalDataThe Upper Mirador sand producing at Balay-1 and Balay-2 has been tested at stabilized flow rates of about 544 barrels of oil per day of light oil, during the last six hours of a 48-hour test, and a maximum flow rate of 1,173 barrels of oil per day.
The Altillo Oeste-1 well on the CPO-1 Block has been plugged and abandoned due to the presence of minor oil traces in the primary reservoir objective.
Petroamerica along with its partner Meta Petroleum intends to enter into the second phase of the contract to drill another exploration well on the block at the end of 2013.
Image: Petroamerica has commenced tests and drilling activities in the Las Maracas-7 appraisal well on the Las Maracas Field in Los Ocarros Block in Colombia. Photo: Helen Wilkinson.
