Canacol Energy Ltd. ("Canacol" or the "Corporation") (TSX:CNE)(BVC:CNEC) is pleased to announce the first flow test result from the Leono 1 exploration well located on the LLA23 Exploration and Production ("E&P") Contract in the Llanos Basin of Colombia. As previously reported, the Leono 1 well encountered 133 feet ("ft") of net oil pay in four separate reservoirs. The Corporation has an 80% operated working interest in the LLA23 contract, with Petromont Colombia S.A. Sucursal Colombia holding the remaining 20% interest.
The Leono 1 well was spud on November 9, 2013 and reached a total depth of 11,995 feet measured depth ("ft md") on November 26, 2013 with strong oil and gas shows encountered while drilling through the primary reservoir targets. The well encountered 133 ft of net oil pay in the following reservoirs: 13 ft of net oil pay within the C7 reservoir with an average porosity of 19%, 27 ft of net oil pay within the Barco reservoir with an average porosity of 18%, 69 ft of net oil pay within the Gacheta reservoir with an average porosity of 20%, and 24 ft of net oil pay within the Ubaque reservoir with an average porosity of 24%.
The Barco reservoir was perforated from 10,584 - 10,600 ft md and flowed at a stable gross rate of 1,863 barrels of oil per day ("bopd") (1,490 bopd net) of 35 degrees API oil @ 113 degrees F with 17% water cut using a jet pump set to 2,400 pounds per square inch injection. Water cut fell throughout the course of the test and management believes the produced water to be related to completion fluids used to the drill the well.
The Corporation is currently preparing to conduct production testing operations on the Gacheta reservoir. Once the production test has been completed the Corporation anticipates bringing the Leono 1 well onto long term production subject to the approval of the Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos, which the Corporation anticipates will occur in late December 2013. Immediately upon completion of testing operations at Leono 1, Canacol is planning to drill four appraisal wells at Leono, the formal evaluation program for which is presently being prepared for submission to the ANH as required, and will provide updates when relevant information becomes available.
Canacol is an exploration and production company with operations focused in Colombia and Ecuador. The Corporation's common stock trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Colombia Stock Exchange under ticker symbol CNE and CNE.C, respectively.
