GeoPark cheers Colombian flows

Colombian soccer fans cheer for his team before the start of a 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Argentina, in Barranquilla, Colombia, Tuesday Nov. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Cheer: GeoPark has flowed oil from the Tua-3 well in Colombia

Ricardo Mazalan

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Josh Lewis

 14 December 2012 07:51 GMT

London-listed GeoPark Holdings has flowed oil from a new well on the Tua oilfield in the Llanos 34 Block, onshore Colombia.

The Tua-3 well was drilled to a total depth of 3276 metres and a test was carried out using an electrical submersible pump in the Mirador formation at a depth of about 3031 metres.

GeoPark said the well flowed at a rate of 1127 barrels per day of 19.4 degree API oil, with less than a 1% water cut, through a 17 millimetre choke.

However, it added that further production history would be needed to determine stabilised flow rates and the extent of the reservoir.

“The result from our new Tua well is significant…

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