This March 10, EP Petroecuador reached oil equivalent production of 400,719 barrels per day, of which 392,118 barrels correspond to crude oil, and 8,601 barrels to natural gas and associated gas. This represents a compliance of 99.7% of the expected levels, after the cancellation of the declaration of force majeure.

It was announced by the general manager (S) from EP Petroecuador, Maria Elisa Soledispaand said that this is a reflection of the commitment and efforts of the operational staff to recover oil production in 10 days, in coordination with consortia that provide their services in the company’s fields.

noticed that they six state oil company drilling rigs and four consortium rigs are operational continue with the drilling campaigns and adhere to the schedule planned for this year 2023.

At this moment, 1,744 wells have been reactivated, and 25 wells could not be recovered. after closing, it will therefore have to intervene with rehabilitation works, and it is expected to be in operation from the end of March to the beginning of April this year.

In addition, the challenges in the development of the Ishpingo extra heavy oil field, located in block 43 – ITT (Ishpingo, Tambococha, Tiputini), in the province of Orellana, are managed by new technical processes and for this reason register their production record 17,604 BDPD, with an increase of 3,600 BDPD, which represents good news for the management of this type of oil, which will be the protagonist in the future production profile.

EP Petroecuador is currently in charge of 25 oil blocks, of which 22 are in the Amazon and three are on the coast, the most productive is Auca with 72,674 barrels, Sacha with 69,154 barrels, ITT with 55,728 barrels and Shushufindi with 61,700 barrels per day to date.