Tecpetrol tested heavy oil in its new-pool wildcat, Pendare Norte-1H, in early-mid February 2018 on its CPO-13 Block, located in the Llanos Basin. According to local sources, the well produced around 503 bo/d of 13.8deg API oil during initial testing of the basal sands of the Carbonera Formation. In total around 646 bf/d was tested with a sediment and water cut of 22%. The well reached its planned total depth of 1,481m in late January 2018 after being spudded in mid-January 2018. A horizontal section was drilled in the well around 600m to the south. The well is located around 3-4km north of the Pendare Field which produces oil from the Carbonera C7 Formation. It was discovered in mid-2012 with the Pendare-1 NFW, confirming that the Quifa-Rubiales/Cano Sur trend extends into CPO-13. Tecpetrol has conducted a successful horizontal appraisal/development well programme in 2017. In mid-2017, around 50% of the block was relinquished upon entry to an eighteen month first extension period (with one NFW as a commitment), leaving a north east portion where Pendare Norte-1H was drilled from and a southern portion. The commitment has been met by the drilling of the La Pluma-2H NFW that tested around 960 bo/d of 13.4deg API oil from basal sands presumably of the Carbonera Formation on the southern portion of the block. The well was spudded on 26 December 2017 a few kilometres south of the Pendare Field and reached its PTD of 1,350m on 4 January 2018. A horizontal section of unknown length was drilled in the well which was deviated around 600m to the south. Tecpetrol is planning to drill another NFW, the Tapara-1H, in the first half of 2018 on the block. Tecpetrol holds 100% WI in the block.
Pendare Norte 1H, app. by Tecpetrol (op. 80%, PetroNova 20%) in the CPO 13 block, produced around 503 bo/d of 13.8deg API oil during initial testing of the basal sands of the Carbonera Formation. In total around 646 bf/d was tested with a sediment and water cut of 22%.