Repsol, a partner on the Tayrona concession, referred to the imminent well test in its quarterly earnings statement.
Brazil’s Petrobras is drilling Orca with the drillship Ocean Clipper at a water depth of 690 metres, targeted to about 4775 metres and primary objectives in Lower Miocene and also Oligocene strata.
With testing soon, Ecopetrol sources have suggested initial assessment of the result on this well will be ready by the end of the year.
