Chile’s state-run company Enap has successfully produced tight gas from its Arenal Block in Tierra del Fuego’s Magallanes Block. Unconventional production is a coup for the Latin American country, which has very little domestic production and is heavily dependent on LNG imports.
The gas came from wells that were vertically drilled with Enap’s own rig in late 2012 and early 2013, the company said in a statement late on Tuesday. Initial flow rates have been up to 120,000 cubic metres per day plus “a few cubic...
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