CALGARY, Alberta, April 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canacol Energy Ltd. ("Canacol" or the "Corporation")
(TSX:CNE) (OTCQX:CNNEF) (BVC:CNEC) is pleased to provide the results of the Chirimia 1 appraisal well located on its 100% operated
VIM 5 block in the Lower Magdalena Valley Basin of Colombia, as well as a general drilling and facilities update.
Chirimia 1 Gas Appraisal Well
VIM 5 Exploration and Production Contract
CNE Oil and Gas S.A.S, 100% Operated Working Interest
The Chirimia 1 appraisal well is adjacent to the Clarinete 1 exploration well, and was drilled to test a
northern fault compartment within the Clarinete gas field. The bottomhole location is 1.8 km from Clarinete-1.
Using the Pioneer 302 drilling rig, Chirimia 1 was spud on March 12, 2018, and reached a total depth of 9,310
feet measured depth in 13 days. The well encountered 90 feet true vertical depth of net gas pay with average porosity of 24%
within the primary deeper CDO sandstone reservoir target. The well has been cased and three separate intervals have been
perforated prior to tying the well into the Jobo gas processing facility via the existing flowline connecting all of the Clarinete
producing wells to the Jobo gas processing facility.
2018 Drilling Program Update
The Pioneer 302 drilling rig is currently being mobilized to drill the Breva 1 exploration well located on the
VIM 21 E&P contract, where the Corporation has a 100% operated working interest. The Breva 1 exploration well is
targeting gas charged sandstones of the shallow Porquero sandstone reservoir which are productive at the offsetting Toronga and
Nelson gas fields. It is anticipated that Breva 1 will spud during the last week of April 2018, and will take approximately 4
weeks to drill, complete, and test.
Upon the completion of the Breva 1 exploration well, the drilling rig will be mobilized to the Borojo 1
exploration well located on the Esperanza E&E contract, where the Corporation has a 100% operated working interest. The
Borojo 1 exploration well is targeting gas charged sandstones of the deeper CDO sandstone reservoir.
Jobo Gas Processing Facility Expansion
The Corporation has recently signed an agreement with Enerflex Ltd. in Houston, Texas to fabricate and install a
new gas processing module to the Corporations gas processing facility at Jobo. The project will be executed as an
Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Contract, with the new plant having a capacity of 130 million standard cubic feet per
day (“MMscf/d”) which will be owned and operated by the Corporation.
Upon the completion of the installation of the new module, the gas processing capacity of the Jobo facility will
reach 330 MMscfpd.
The Corporation will provide regular updates on drilling results as they become available.
Canacol is an exploration and production company with operations focused in Colombia. The Corporation's
common stock trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the OTCQX in the United States of America, and the Colombia Stock Exchange under
ticker symbol CNE, CNNEF, and CNE.C, respectively.
This press release contains certain forward‐looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities
law. Forward‐looking statements are frequently characterized by words such as "plan", "expect", "project", "intend", "believe",
"anticipate", "estimate" and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur, including
without limitation statements relating to estimated production rates from the Corporation's properties and intended work programs
and associated timelines. Forward‐looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the date the
statements are made and are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or
results to differ materially from those projected in the forward‐looking statements. The Corporation cannot assure that actual
results will be consistent with these forward looking statements. They are made as of the date hereof and are subject to change and
the Corporation assumes no obligation to revise or update them to reflect new circumstances, except as required by law. Prospective
investors should not place undue reliance on forward looking statements. These factors include the inherent risks involved in the
exploration for and development of crude oil and natural gas properties, the uncertainties involved in interpreting drilling
results and other geological and geophysical data, fluctuating energy prices, the possibility of cost overruns or unanticipated
costs or delays and other uncertainties associated with the oil and gas industry. Other risk factors could include risks associated
with negotiating with foreign governments as well as country risk associated with conducting international activities, and other
factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Corporation.
Realized contractual gas sales is defined as gas produced and sold plus gas revenues received from nominated
take or pay contracts.
For further information please contact:
Investor Relations
214-235-4798
Email: IR@canacolenergy.com
Website: canacolenergy.com
