The average production of commercialized gas during April presented a drop of 6.54 percent compared to the same month of 2022, at 1,028 million cubic feet per day, according to the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH).
Compared to March 2023, the decrease in the natural gas production it was 3.02 percent, since in the third month of this year 1,060 million cubic feet were registered.
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The lower production of natural gas is due to a decrease in gas soldmainly in the Cupiagua, Cupiagua Sur (Aguazul, Casanare), Pauto Sur, Floreña, Floreña Mirador (Yopal, Casanare) fields due to major maintenance at the Floreña CPF plant.
While Chuchupa (Manaure, La Guajira), Gibraltar (Boyacá, Cubará), Mamey (Ovejas, Sucre) reported a drop in numbers due to the behavior of gas demand during the month.
Rising oil production
Meanwhile, the Oil production during April was 782,277 barrels per day (bpd)4.02 percent higher than that registered in the same month of 2022 when 752,079 bpd were reached.
Compared to March 2023, daily oil production exploded with an increase of 1.39 percent, since 771,547 bpd were reported for that month), according to the ANH report.
The increase in production was marked by the operation of the Índico (Cabuyaro, Meta), Cajúa, Caño Sur Este (Puerto Gaitán, Meta), Andina (Tame, Arauca), Tigana (Tauramena, Casanare), Acordionero (San Martín , Cesar), Akacías (Acacías/Guamal, Meta) due to the reestablishment of production and entry of new wells.
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new oil discoveries
Two discovery notices were reported during April. One was in the Tinamú well, located in the CPO-9 block operated by Ecopetrol, while the second was found in the Dividivi well, which belongs to Canacol Energy.
Additionally, in April six exploratory wells and 55 development wells were drilled. Regarding exploratory seismic activity, during the fourth month of the year, 472.56 2D kilometers were reported.
