The company has tested hydrocarbon production rate at 240boepd from the well, while average hydrocarbon production was 216boe per day with 460 barrels of flowback water per day on a 4 mm choke, which lasted for 20 days.
The well production test was restarted and lasted 24 days, after 32 days of pressure build-up and the installation of a preliminary production facility.
With 172 barrels of flowback water per day on a 4 mm choke, the average hydrocarbon production during this second test averaged 163 boe per day.
Americas Petrogas president and CEO Barclay Hambrook, "This is the third successful Vaca Muerta discovery that Americas Petrogas has drilled and tested in the Neuquén Basin with our partners, ExxonMobil and Gas y Petroleo del Neuquen."
With 45% working interest, Americas Petrogas is the operator of Los Toldos blocks, while ExxonMobil also owns a 45% working interest and remaining stake was held by Gas y Petroleo del Neuquen.
