PetroTal starts flow from oil find in Peru

Nov. 16, 2018
PetroTal Corp., Calgary and Houston, is moving a rig to Bretana field on Block 95 for a three-well program beginning next year after starting production from the Bretana Norte discovery well. The company said the well is producing more than 2,000 b/d of 19.2° gravity oil after the commissioning of water-injection facilities.

PetroTal Corp., Calgary and Houston, is moving a rig to Bretana field on Block 95 for a three-well program beginning next year after starting production from the Bretana Norte discovery well.

The company said the well is producing more than 2,000 b/d of 19.2° gravity oil after the commissioning of water-injection facilities.

Since the start of a long-term production test on June 1, the well has produced naturally more than 100,000 bbl of oil. Flow was restricted until water-injection facilities were in place.

A second phase of water-injection work will allow production to increase.

Gran Tierra Energy Inc., Calgary, made the discovery in 2013 (OGJ Online, Feb. 21, 2013).

Gran Tierra spun out its Peruvian unit to Sterling Resources Ltd., last December. Sterling Resources became PetroTal in a reverse takeover this year.