Colombia

The outbreak of general strikes in Colombia in late November, caused by the collapse of a financial pyramid scheme, has led to an 80% loss of production in the fields operated by... 2009-01-07

Colombian state-controlled oil company Ecopetrol has announced a 35% increase in capital expenditure (capex) in 2009, bucking the trend among producers and paving the way for output... 2008-12-19

Canadian explorer Pacific Rubiales has announced an oil discovery on the Quifa Block in the Llanos Basin in Colombia.

US engineering group Foster Wheeler has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) and project management consultancy (PMC) contract by Colombia's state-owned oil company... 2008-11-17

The Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos de Colombia (ANH) has awarded 22 areas out of the 43 areas on offer areas in the Colombia 2008 licensing round.

Canada-based Pacific Rubiales Energy has announced that it has been awarded another six blocks in Colombia in the country's 2008 tender.

Colombian state-controlled oil company Ecopetrol has reportedly taken control of an oil field from an Indian-Chinese joint venture (JV), in a move which raises questions over the... 2008-10-16

Canadian explorer Solana Resources has announced test flow results from its Los Aceites-1 well in the Guachiría block in Colombia's Llanos Basin.

Colombia's Ecopetrol has announced that the Lisama Norte-1 well has struck oil and gas in San Vicente de Chucurí in the Santandar department.

South Korea's state-owned oil company Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) and SK Energy, the country's largest crude oil refiner, have separately won the rights to explore for... 2008-09-24