10:01 AM EST - Gran Tierra Energy : provided updates for its exploration drilling in Peru and appraisal drilling in Colombia. The South American focused oil producer/explorer said initial drilling results from the Bretaña Norte 95-2-1XD exploration well in Peru indicate an oil-saturated reservoir with a gross oil column of 99 feet that was encountered approximately 48 feet higher than oil discovered at Bretaña-1 approximately four kilometres away. Gran Tierra also announced that its Moqueta-8 well in Colombia tested at a rate of 1,600 BOPD. The well is being completed as a production well. Gran Tierra Energy
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