OREANDA-NEWS. A new flowing well drilled in Venezuela.

New well flow rate is 2 020 barrels or 280 t of pure oil per day. According to the experts it's tapped the most productive are of the deposit located within the deposit of Block X Lagomedio on Lake Maracaibo which was explored earlier. It was transferred to be developed by the Belarusian enterprise in 2008.

Prior to drilling a preliminary work was carried out: geological and production data were studied in detail: poroperm properties as well as the production history of the wells previously drilled were studied to a significant extent, and possible drilling risks were considered.

The maximum net pay thickness reaches 60 m. In two weeks since putting into production it's given about 30 thousand barrels or 4.2 thousand tons of oil.

It's worth mentioning that this is the second flowing well drilled by the experts of Petrolera BeloVenezolana in Venezuela this year. In May, well number 103 on Block VIII has given the flow of pure oil with flush production of 310 t. per day.

Both areas where the wells have been drilled are on the final stage of development. To ensure well recovery the experts of the joint Belarusian-Venezuelan Company have to introduce advanced technologies.