Colombia
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December 13, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Colombia wants to shorten the production timeline at its biggest deepwater discovery, the nation’s energy chief said, as it braces for a shortfall of natural gas in coming years.
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December 06, 2024
(Bloomberg) – Colombia’s biggest offshore natural gas discovery by Petrobras and Ecopetrol SA could triple the country’s reserves if the deposit is commercially viable, potentially easing the nation’s shortfall.
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December 01, 2024
Ecopetrol S.A. Board of Directors have approved the 2025 investment budget of the Ecopetrol Group for an amount between 24 and 28 trillion pesos, with more than half the approved budget earmarked for crude and gas exploration and production
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November 11, 2024
Interoil Exploration and Production ASA has announced that its Colombian subsidiary, Interoil Colombia Exploration and Production (ICEP), has successfully completed a downhole intervention to the Vikingo well.
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October 16, 2024
Perenco Colombia successfully completed drilling of three new development wells on the Paravare and Chaparrito fields at Casanare, onshore Colombia, identifying large oil discoveries.
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October 04, 2024
Petrobras has confirmed a significant gas discovery in Colombia's Guajira offshore basin, estimating the potential reserves at around 6 Tcf.
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October 04, 2024
Colombia’s Ecopetrol SA discovered an offshore natural gas deposit that could potentially produce up to 800 MMcfgd, according to Chief Executive Officer Ricardo Roa.
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September 15, 2024
Set to face a shortfall of natural gas at the start of next year, Colombia’s hopes are riding on the future potential of its deepwater wells. Ecopetrol’s offshore chief, Elsa Jaimes, said in an interview last month that production from Caribbean waters could come online as early as 2029, depending on approvals from local communities and securing environmental licenses.
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August 29, 2024
The deal was “fundamental” to the Colombian oil producer’s future and without the resources it would have provided, its finances will deteriorate, Juan José Echavarría and Luis Alberto Zuleta wrote in their resignation letter, which is dated Aug. 30 but has already been published by local media.
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August 05, 2024
Petrobras achieved the main target of the Uchuva-2 well, confirming the extent of the natural gas discovery made in 2022 while drilling of the Uchuva-1 well. This well adds relevant information for the development of a new frontier of exploration and production in Colombia, reinforcing the volumetric potential for natural gas in the region.
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August 01, 2024
Occidental Petroleum Corp. and Ecopetrol SA are gearing up to plumb the depths of Colombia’s Caribbean waters in search of oil and gas. The plan is to drill the Komodo-1 well before the year is out in seas roughly 3,900 m (close to 13,000 ft) deep. That’s equal to about 10 Empire State Buildings stacked on top of each other and would shatter the current water-depth record holder in Angola.
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July 31, 2024
Ecopetrol is planning to spend $300 million this year — the most it has invested in offshore drilling in any year — as it pushes to produce more natural gas and get it to consumers in fewer than the 10 to 15 years it normally takes to bring to market, according to Elsa Jaimes, the company’s offshore chief.
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May 24, 2024
Colombia is targeting oil productiton of 1 MMbpd by pressuring drillers to step up activity in underused exploration blocs, according to the nation’s top energy official.
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April 18, 2024
The exploration well started at a production rate of 5 MMcfd for 2 hours at a choke 29/128” and a THP of 2290 psi. The choke at the final rate was 36/128” and a THP of 2260 psi. The exploration well continued to produce at a rate of 12 MMcfd over 29 hours with a stabilized THP of 2260 psi.
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April 10, 2024
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said the oil and gas would be developed in Venezuelan fields near the Colombian province of Norte de Santander, while electricity would be provided from La Guajira province on Colombia’s Caribbean coast.
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March 28, 2024
The well started at a production rate of 4 MMcfd for 6 hours at a choke 21/128”. The rate was subsequently increased to 6 MMcfd and 8 MMcfpd for 6 hours and 24 hours, respectively. The well was tested at a rate of up to 10 MMcfpd at choke of 30/128” and is now producing into the Jobo gas treatment plant.
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March 14, 2024
The fight over the future of Ecopetrol — Colombia’s largest company — underscores the rifts that are arising over Petro’s push to eliminate the country’s dependence on oil and gas, which has major implications for its economy and finances.
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February 22, 2024
Officials said Thursday that they are now reevaluating the discovery, named Orca-1. In the processes of working to verify its size, Ecopetrol found two previously unknown natural gas deposits, raising hopes that the country will still be able to expand its offshore gas production.
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December 27, 2023
The updated reserves and resources incorporate the recently drilled Aruchara-3 well at Maria Conchita, which includes the newly encountered section in zone H4 in addition to zones H1 and H2 and finalized plans for construction of infrastructure at Sinu-9.
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November 20, 2023
Colombia is studying whether to import natural gas and light crude from Venezuela to cut fuel costs.
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October 24, 2023
The development of this natural gas reserve in the southern Caribbean has the potential to make a substantial contribution to the country's energy security and support Ecopetrol's ongoing energy transition efforts.
