Petroamerica Oil Corp. provides initial test results for its Las Maracas-8 well on the Las Maracas Field, Los Ocarros Block, Colombia.

The Las Maracas-8 well was tested over a 23-hour period from a 12-foot perforated interval in the Mirador reservoir at variable choke sizes. The well was started with an electro-submersible pump (ESP) and, after removing the completion fluid, produced at rates of more than 3,250 barrels of oil per day (bopd) of light 36 degree API oil through a 21/64-inch choke size for approximately 2 hours.

In order not to disrupt production operations at the field, the ESP was turned off and the well was choked back and flowed naturally at variable choke sizes. When flowing naturally, during the first part of the test for a four-hour period, the average flow rate was more than 1,800 bopd on a 16/64-inch choke.

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