Partner Ecopetrol confirmed in November 2017 that the Bullerengue Sur-3 appraisal well was abandoned on the Sinu-San Jacinto Basin SSJN-1 Block after failing to find any commercial quantities of hydrocarbons. The well was drilled in Q3 2017 to appraise the Bullerengue Sur-1 NFW. Operator Lewis Energy discovered gas in the Bullerengue Sur-1 NFW in the SSJN-1 Block (Sinu-San Jacinto Basin), in December 2016. The well was drilled between 18 November 2016 and 7 December 2016 on schedule and below the expected cost. The well is located 30km from Barranquilla and verified the southern extent of the Bullerengue oil and gas field, which was discovered with the Bullerengue-1 well in 2015. The presence of natural gas in an additional, shallower interval has also been proven. Around 25m of natural gas intervals were intercepted of Eocene age. Ecopetrol President, Juan Carlos Echeverry, said, "Bullerengue adds to the successes we have had with Orca and Kronos in the last two years in the Colombian Caribbean, where we currently drill two other wells with Anadarko". Operator Lewis Energy (50% WI) and partner Hocol (subsidiary of Ecopetrol) (50%) were awarded the 1,680 sq km license in the Ronda Colombia 2008 bid round.
Colombia, SSJN 1