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Flow rate tops 10,000 b/d at Llanos discovery

12/27/2010
A discovery well on the Corcel block in Colombia's Llanos basin has tested light oil at the rate of more than 10,000 b/d, said Petrominerales Ltd., Bogota. Logs at the Caruto-1 well indicated 47 ft of potential net oil pay in the Lower Sand formation. The well flowed at more than 10,000 b/d of light, 32° gravity oil on an initial 7-hr production test with no water on an electric submersible pump at 75% capacity. Petrominerales, a 65% owned subsidiary of Petrobank Energy & Resources Ltd., Calgary, turned off the ESP due to facility and storage limits at the wellsite and has been producing the well on natural flow at 5,600 b/d. Total depth is 13,024 ft measured depth. Petro...
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