# Echo Energy to bring three wells back to production

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/echo-energy-to-bring-three-wells-back-to-production/4121093508
- Published: 2022-12-06T07:28:43+00:00
- Author: Giles

**[Echo Energy](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/company/echo-energy-plc/echo.l)
plc** ([LON:ECHO](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/company/echo-energy-plc/echo.l)),
the Latin American focused energy company, has provided an operational update regarding
progress in the reactivation of three wells in the Chorillos field, announced by
the Company on 10 November 2022.

This three well reactivation programme is in addition to the Santa Cruz Sur production
and infrastructure enhancement plan first announced by the Company on 7 July 2022(
the “Enhancement Plan”) and has been prioritised by the Santa Cruz Sur partners 
in seeking to further increase liquids production from the Chorillos field.

As previously announced, three candidate wells (Cho-10, Cho-13, Cho-19) had been
offline for four years due to surface constraints and were identified for reactivation
without use of the workover rig. Recently completed infrastructure upgrades had 
removed prior constraints, enabling these wells to be brought back into production.

The Company is pleased to announce that operations to reactivate the three wells
have now been successful and safely completed and each of the three wells is now
producing oil through surface lines to a field-storage tank.

Surface commissioning has now begun and, given the length of time that these wells
have been offline, infrastructure integrity is being fully confirmed. This is expected
to take several weeks, during which time the flow rate from the wells will be at
intentionally reduced levels to enable the surface infrastructure to be fully tested
under production conditions.

Following successful commissioning, each well will then be independently assessed
with a mobile test unit, to confirm the yet to be determined flow-potential of this
cluster.

The Company looks forward to continuing to update shareholders on further progress
on these operations and in respect of the Enhancement Plan.  

> **Martin Hull, Chief Executive Officer of Echo Energy, commented:**
> _“The three well reactivation plan is an important operational development for
> our Santa Cruz Sur Assets. These wells were offline at the time of and prior to
> Echo’s acquisition of an interest in Santa Cruz Sur in 2019 and our ability to
> safely, and successfully, reactivate these wells back to production is a great
> example of the breadth of the low-risk opportunity set that exists within our 
> assets._
> _“This three well programme is in addition to the previously announced Santa Cruz
> Sur production and infrastructure enhancement plan and in light of the initial
> success, we look forward to executing similar opportunities, of which we believe
> there to be many, in the future.  We remain committed to delivering on our strategy
> to grow production and look forward to reporting further progress.”_

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