Marco Antonio Carrillo, the manager of Exploration and Exploitation of Bolivia’s state oil company, has announced their investigation of “potential possible hydrocarbon producing levels, to seek the replacement of reserves in the short and medium term.” The state oil company is focusing their attention in the Amazonian north of the country and drilling the Gomero X1 IE Stratigraphic Research Well, a project located in the Beni River Area.
A “2.6-kilometer access road has already been opened, and works are currently being carried out to prepare the soil for gravel, the improvement of seven wooden bridges and the construction of the drilling platform, tasks that are estimated to be completed in two months approximately, depending on the rainy season. The next stage, which consists of mobilizing the drilling equipment, is expected to take place in March next year.” You can learn more in this Spanish-language article.