By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, October 10, 2022
Hocol, a company of the Ecopetrol Business Group, announced the successful drilling of the Coralino-1 well, which shows the presence of natural gas in northern Colombia. According to the company, there is gas at various levels of the reservoir rock associated with the Ciénega de Oro Formation, the main producing rock of the Lower Magdalena Valley.
The Coralino-1 well is located 60 kilometers southeast of Montería, in the municipality of Pueblo Nuevo, department of Córdoba. According to Hocol, the well was successfully drilled between August 3 and September 1, 2022, reaching a total depth of 10,800 feet (3,292 meters), and the presence of gas was identified in a structure near the Arrecife discovery in the block. VIM 8.
The petrophysical interpretation of the electrical logs and the information acquired during the drilling of the well indicate the presence of natural gas in several sandstone intervals of the Ciénaga de Oro Superior Formation of Miocene geological age, whose top was found at 7,979 feet (2,432 meters). .
Hocol is currently carrying out work to begin the testing period to be followed in the coming months, which will allow establishing the productivity of the deposit and its commercial viability.
This material from the valoraanalitik.com portal was edited for clarity, style and length.
Source : https://www.valoraanalitik.com/2022/10/06/hocol-anuncia-descubierta-de-gas-natural-en-colombia/
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