After initially flowing at a rate of 3052 barrels of oil per day, the well has been choked back and placed on production at a rate of 1300 bopd.
Amerisur chief executive John Wardle said this was a tremendous result for the company.
“The geological risk at Platform 3N was always higher than at previous wells simply because we were stepping out beyond the area where wells had been drilled previously,” he said.
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