Pacific Rubiales reports a new oil discovery at the Quifa-6 well, on Prospect "A", and another successful appraisal well on Prospect "E" (Quifa-18), within the Quifa Block located in the Llanos Basin of Colombia.

The Quifa-6 well was drilled in Prospect "A", in the northwestern part of the Quifa block, approximately 25 km from the discoveries made on prospects D, E, H and I. The well found the top of the Carbonera basal sands at 3,378 feet measured depth (MD), or 2,732 feet true vertical depth at sub-sea level (TVDSS), and the oil water contact (OWC) at 3,404 feet MD, or 2,758 feet TVDSS, resulting in an oil column of 26 feet gross at the well. The petrophysical evaluation of the well indicates a net pay zone of 16 feet with 30% average porosity. The Quifa-6 well was drilled at the southwestern flank of prospect "A", thereby confirming the OWC at the deepest closing contour of the structure, or 2,758 feet TVDSS. The crest of the structure, located 8 km to the northeast, is mapped at 2,680 feet TVDSS and implies a maximum of 78 feet of hydrocarbon column measured from the crest to the OWC. The company is presently planning to test the well and complete it as a vertical hole producer.

The average hydrocarbon column for all of Prospect "A" is 35 feet. The structure at Prospect A is very well defined with 9 seismic profiles, allowing for an excellent control of the mapped structure. The structural trap has an area of approximately 8,000 acres, with an elongation of close to 16 km in the southwest-northeast direction and 2 km crosswise. The company regards this as a very important discovery because it indicates that the petroleum system works perfectly in the northern reaches of the Quifa block and it opens new and exciting opportunities for Prospects F, G, and Q. These are located on the same trend and are next in the drilling sequence planned for the first quarter of 2010.

The Quifa 18 well was drilled as the fourth appraisal well for the discovery well Quifa-5 on Prospect "E". The well found the top of the Carbonera basal sands at 3,002 feet TVD, or 2,257 feet TVDSS and the OWC at 3,060 feet TVD, or 2,315 feet TVDSS, resulting in an oil column of 58 feet at the well. The petrophysical evaluation of the well logs indicates a net pay zone of 49 feet (the thickest continuous reservoir section found on prospect "E" and in the Quifa block to date), with 33% average porosity (also the best porosity found in the Quifa Block).

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