Colombia
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December 02, 2019
Colombia is seeking an additional payout of almost $1 billion from its oil company Ecopetrol S.A. as it faces increased spending pressure amid massive anti-government demonstrations.
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October 16, 2019
Ecopetrol reports that the Flamencos-1 well, located in Puerto Wilches, confirmed presence of crude oil in the La Paz formation.
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August 26, 2019
Ecopetrol will employ unmanned underwater gliders to navigate an extensive area of the Colombian Caribbean to acquire information related to physical-chemical variables of the ocean.
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August 13, 2019
Ecopetrol recorded net profits of $ 6.2 billion in the first half of 2019, the highest since 2013 for the first half. Profits grew 1.6% while the price of Brent crude decreased 7% in that period.
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July 29, 2019
Ecopetrol and Cenit report that unidentified individuals deliberately set fire to four temporary crude oil retention pools containing 2,600 barrels of oil in the Colombian municipality of Arauquita, Arauca.
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July 25, 2019
Under the newly signed contract, the company will provide all maintenance and services for the software platform for five years, as well as all technical and production services required to allow Production Performance Management.
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February 27, 2019
U.S. Gulf refiners are bidding up prices for Colombian crude amid sanctions on Venezuelan imports, historically one of America’s top oil suppliers.
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August 31, 2018
Amerisur Resources Plc, the oil and gas producer and explorer focused on South America, has announced that the spudding of Pintadillo-1, in the central part of the Platanillo Block, using Rig D-10, occurred on Aug. 30, 2018.
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August 17, 2018
Frontera Energy Corporation has announced positive drilling results from the Acorazado-1 well located on the 100% owned and operated Llanos 25 block onshore Colombia. As a result, the well is being cased in preparation for testing.
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July 06, 2018
Ecopetrol reports that Búfalo-1 well confirmed the presence of oil in the Valle Medio del Magdalena, located near the town of Guaduas, Department of Cundinamarca.
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November 17, 2017
SNC-Lavalin has announced that it has been awarded a contract by Ecopetrol in Colombia for conceptual, basic and detailed engineering on high and medium-complexity projects through to 2020.
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October 18, 2017
Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. is pleased to have partnered with Gran Tierra Energy to optimize well performance as the company advances its conventional development program in Colombia.
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September 28, 2017
Lloyd’s Register’s well management expertise is being used by Ecopetrol Costa Afuera S.A.S. (ECAS) of Ecopetrol, for offshore exploration drilling operations in Colombia.
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May 26, 2017
Interoil Colombia E&P and SLS (strategic partner) finished the drilling of the exploratory well Vikingo-1 on May 9th, down to a final depth of 5,936 ft in the Paleozoic basement.
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February 06, 2017
GeoPark Limited, operator and consolidator with operations and growth platforms in Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and Peru, has announced new drilling successes in the Llanos 34 Block (GeoPark operated with a 45% working interest), in Colombia.
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October 18, 2016
GeoPark Limited has announced the successful drilling and testing of the Tigana 4 development well, at a rate over 3,200 bopd in the Tigana oil field in the Llanos 34 Block (GeoPark-operated, with a 45% working interest) in Colombia.
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September 22, 2016
Canacol Energy has revised its capital plan for 2016. The new capital plan accelerates the corporation's natural gas opportunities in Colombia, with three new gas wells.
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April 22, 2016
Ian Macqueen, the analyst who called Pacific Exploration & Production’s downfall, has a new buy recommendation for investors looking to benefit from Colombia’s oil potential.
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April 01, 2016
Pacific Exploration & Production Corp. has announced that the company was formally notified of the Colombian Constitutional Court's decision instructing the company to suspend operations within two km of the border of an indigenous community known as "Vencedor Piriri," encompassing a portion of Quifa Block.
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February 03, 2016
CGG has been awarded an extension to a major 3D seismic survey it successfully completed on the Caribbean coast offshore Colombia in late 2015.
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October 27, 2015
Ecopetrol SA said it will take over the operation of the Rubiales field, Colombia’s largest, at the end of its contract with Pacific Exploration & Production Corp. in mid-2016.
