Nov 12, 2020   SOURCE: BusinessWire

GeoPark Announces Successful Indico Field Drilling in CPO-5 Block in Colombia With Initial Flow Rate of 5,500 BOPD of 35.2° API

GeoPark Limited (“GeoPark” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GPRK), a leading independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and growth platforms in Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil and Argentina today announced the successful testing of the Indico 2 appraisal well in the CPO-5 block (GeoPark non-operated, 30% WI1) in Colombia.

The operator ONGC Videsh drilled and completed the Indico 2 appraisal well to a total depth of 10,925 feet. A test conducted through natural flow in the Une (LS3) sandstone formation resulted in a production rate of approximately 5,500 bopd2 of 35.2 degrees API, with a 0.1% water cut, through a choke of 40/64 inches and wellhead pressure of 330 pounds per square inch. Additional production history is required to determine stabilized flow rates of the well. Surface testing facilities are in place and the well is already in production.

The Indico 2 well was drilled to a bottom-hole location approximately 0.8 km northwest and 151 feet downdip of the Indico 1X well, with a net pay of approximately 161 feet.

Considering Brent of $40-45 per bbl and current production rates, the well is expected to have a payback period of less than three months.

The Indico light oil field was discovered in December 2018 and to date, continues showing strong reservoir performance from the Indico 1X well, that is currently producing 5,200 bopd with no water, with a cumulative production of over 3 million barrels of oil.

The drilling rig in the CPO-5 block is currently moving to the Aguila exploration prospect, located approximately 4.9 km southeast of the Indico oil field, which will be spudded in late November 2020. Aguila is a multi-target exploration prospect with the Une (LS3) formation as the main objective (an analogue of the existing and producing Mariposa and Indico fields) and also looking for hydrocarbon potential in the Guadalupe and Gacheta formations.

Further exploration, appraisal and development activities are budgeted to continue in the CPO-5 block in 2021 (mostly concentrated within the 1H2021) with the drilling of 5-6 gross wells plus the acquisition of 336 square kilometers of 3D seismic, as part of GeoPark’s fully funded and flexible work and investment program.

CPO-5 is a large block covering 0.5 million acres, and offers multi-play, low cost development, appraisal and exploration opportunities. It is located to the southwest and is adjacent to and on trend with the Llanos 34 block (GeoPark operated, 45% WI), where GeoPark has discovered more than 4003 million barrels of recoverable oil and has produced more than 100 million barrels of oil during the past eight years.

James F. Park, Chief Executive Officer of GeoPark, said: “It is great to begin drilling on this large high potential CPO-5 block and great to see the positive results starting to come in. Not only is this block rich in hydrocarbons – with four mapped oil plays in the Mirador, Guadalupe, Gacheta and Une (LS3) formations – but the associated economics and cycle times are industry-leading even under the lowest oil price scenarios. We are very pleased to be working with our partners ONGC Videsh on this block and congratulate them for successfully executing and carrying out this important operation.”

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1 Through GeoPark’s 100% ownership in Petrodorado South America S.A. Sucursal Colombia (Colombia).

2 Corresponds to an average production rate through a choke of 40/64 inches for approximately 12 hours.

3 Based on proved, probable and possible PRMS reserves, DeGolyer and MacNaughton (D&M) 2019.