Ecopetrol has gauged an oil discovery in Santander Province in Colombia’s Middle Magdalena basin.
The Aullador-1 well, drilled under Ecopetrol’s 100% owned Playon E&P Agreement, flowed 300 b/d of 24° gravity oil, natural, with 0.1% basic sediment and water. The wellsite is 27 km from the Sabana de Torres municipality and about 40 km northwest of Bucaramanga.
Ecopetrol said it plans extended tests to define the discovery’s potential. Total depth is 11,393 ft.