Perenco Colombia drills three onshore development wells

Perenco Colombia has successfully drilled three new development wells on Paravare and Chaparrito fields on the plains of Casanare, onshore Colombia. On Paravare field, which already contained two wells, Perenco drilled a third to increase production. The third well, PRV-03, is producing 500 bo/d following installation of an electro-submersible centrifugal pump.

Chaparrito field drilling followed success of the CHP-03 well drilled in 2023 on the edge of a channel at a depth of 1,500 m. CHP-04 was drilled in the middle of the channel and CHP-05 in its northern part. Perenco said that, with production reaching 3,380 bo/d and 550 bo/d for CHP-04 and CHP-05 respectively (and 2,300 bo/d from CHP-03), the entire fairway is now covered. 

The company noted that Chaparrito now accounts for about 40% of its total production, adding that further reprocessing of seismic data is ongoing to assess the possibility of drilling new channels. Gaël Piardet, general manager of Perenco Colombia, said “our goal is to replicate this success by continuing with reprocessing seismic data from other areas and drilling two development wells and one exploration well per year over the coming years.”

Arrow Exploration Corp. last month started production from the fourth well on Carrizales Norte B pad in Tapir block onshore Colombia (OGJ Online, Sept. 23, 2024).