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Operations Update
Operations Update.
About this update from Nativo Resources Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 4093H Echo Energy PLC 15 November 2018 \n\n15 November 2018\n \nEcho Energy plc\n(\"Echo\" or the \"Company\")\nOperations Update \nEcho Energy, the Latin American focused upstream oil and gas company, is pleased to provide an update on its planned operational programme and the continued development of its regional portfolio. \n \nInitiation of Two Well Stimulation Programme \n \nDuring 2018, the Company drilled four wells across the Company's onshore licences in Argentina (Fracción C licence). The first (ELM 1004) and third (EMS-1001) of these wells were initially successful with the Company announcing on 21 June 2018 that the third well in the sequence was considered potentially material following interpretation from the wireline logs. \n \nThe Company is pleased to confirm that the equipment required for the stimulation of these two wells is expected to be available for the beginning of December and that a stimulation programme for each of the two wells will therefore commence within 3 to 4 weeks.\n \nProduction Update \n \nIn 2018, the Company also successfully completed four well interventions (CSo-96, CSo-104, CSo-21, and CSo-80) in the Cañadon Salto Field, onshore Argentina (Fracción D licence). On 22 October 2018 the Company announced that these wells had achieved stable production levels. Production from these wells has contributed to a total Company average net production in the year to 12 November, of 876 barrels of oil equivalent per day. \nFollowing the success of these workovers and the associated production uplift, the Company is delighted to confirm that, it has identified a number of additional candidates for well interventions and that it currently expects these operations to commence in Q1 2019. \nThe Company is also evaluating the potential for gas development projects within the Fracción D licence, with a view to monetising existing undeveloped 2C resources.\n \nTapi Aike \n \nThe Company's primary objective in acquiring its Argentinean business earlier this year was to secure access to the high impact Tapi Aike exploration acreage. \n \nThe Company is pleased to confirm that it intends to commence an exploration drilling programme on the licence in the second half of 2019, after completing the 1,200 ...