The well spudded in September after Sinopec and partners took delivery of the Rowan-owned jack-up Gorilla III.
The probe, located in the island nation’s south western offshore sector near Venezuela, has a target depth of about 2296 metres.
Touchstone Exploration, which holds a 24.5% stake in the area, predicted that it will take about 62 days to drill the well.
Touchstone recently acquired its East Brighton holding and other exploration interests from Primera.
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