Brazil: Gran Tierra to test Reconcavo oil appraisal wells

Gran Tierra Energy Inc., Calgary, will test and place on production in the third quarter of 2012 two appraisal wells near its Tie field discovery on Block REC-T-155 in the Reconcavo basin in Brazil.

Alan Petzet

Aug. 8, 2012

Gran Tierra Energy Inc., Calgary, will test and place on production in the third quarter of 2012 two appraisal wells near its Tie field discovery on Block REC-T-155 in the Reconcavo basin in Brazil.

The 3-GTE-03D-BA and 3-GTE-4DPA-BA appraisal wells are 1.2 km north and 0.7 km south, respectively, of the 1-ALV-2-BA oil discovery well. The company submitted a declaration of commerciality to Brazil’s ANP on July 27.

Spudding of the first horizontal sidetrack well, from the 1-GTE-01-BA pilot hole on Block REC-T-142, is expected in the third quarter of 2012. This will be the first of two horizontal sidetracks that the company expects to drill in 2012 to test the productivity of light oil sandstone reservoir targets in the Reconcavo basin. Gran Tierra deferred a third horizontal well into early 2013.

About the Author

Alan Petzet

Chief Editor Exploration

Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.

Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.