ONGC Videsh Ltd., the international operating arm of India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corp., reports two oil discoveries in Latin America.
On the CPO-5 Block it operates in Colombia, the Sol-1 well encountered 8 m of oil-bearing sands at 2,852 m, extending an existing play southward.
OVL is producing oil from earlier discoveries in the play, Mariposa-1 and Indico-1 (OGJ Online, Jan. 24, 2019).
Participating interests in the block are OVL, 70%, and Petrodorado South America SA, Sucursal Colombia, 30%.
Offshore Brazil, OVL is a 25% partner with operator Petrobras in the Moita Bonita-2 deepwater gas strike on the BM-SEAL-4 Block.
The well encountered 39 m of total gas-bearing sand at 5,227 m in 2,629 m of water.
OVL said a drillstem test at 5,252-91 m “showed good production.”