Ecopetrol SA discovered gas in the Orca Norte-1 deepwater well in the Colombian Caribbean. The results of this new discovery will continue to be evaluated to determine its commercial viability, the company said in a release Feb. 22.
Orca Norte-1 is a delimiting well to verify hydrocarbons in an early discovery in the Orca-1 well on the Tayrona block at Guajira basin in the deepwater Caribbean Sea, 40 km offshore La Guajira, Colombia (OGJ Online, Aug. 17, 2023). The well spudded last November and was successfully completed in January.
Orca Norte-1 found the presence of two gas accumulations in reservoirs other than the Orca-1 discovery, triggering a re-evaluation of the original project while expanding La Guajira Offshore's gas potential.
The well was drilled in record time (38 days) with a yield of 3.7 days/1,000 ft drilled and 7% non-productive time. Subsoil information was obtained both in the objective of the delimitation and in new intervals of exploratory interest.
Orca Norte-1 is the first deepwater well 100% owned and operated by Ecopetrol. Petrobras operates Tayrona block.