Tonalli spuds Tampico-Misantla basin well

Tonalli Energia has spudded the first conventional horizontal well on its onshore Tecolutla block in Mexico’s Tampico-Misantla basin (OGJ Online, Aug. 8, 2018).

The TEC-11 is to penetrate the Cretaceous El Abra reef at about 2,310 m with a horizontal leg as long as 1,000 m.

International Frontier Resources Corp., Calgary, a partner with Grupo IDESA in the Tonalli joint venture, said the well is the first in a multiwell plan to develop the northern extension, identified with 3D seismic interpretation, of Tecolutla oil field in Veracruz.

Tonalli is conducting an extended production test of its TEC-10 well in the southwestern part of the block.