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MinMinas talks oil prices, exploration in Yopal

The Minister of mines and Energy (MinMinas) Tomás González paid a visit to Yopal, Casanare and outlined the root causes of the drop in oil prices, and also talked about exploration plans to grow reserves and production.

Thursday, November 13th, 2014
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Starting to slow down?

Starting to slow down?

After rising two weeks in a row, articles on fracking or unconventional hydrocarbons fell last week. Positive articles exactly balanced negative ones.

Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
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Introducing Fracking Tracking

Introducing Fracking Tracking

Readers will have noticed a number of articles this week and last week on fracking. We decided to keep track of the number of articles we have found and whether they are positive or negative.

Thursday, September 18th, 2014
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Baker Hughes rig counts show positive recent trend

Baker Hughes rig counts show positive recent trend

The graph shows that Baker Hughes rig counts for Colombia have increased three months in a row, a welcome trend.

Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
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Next round of discoveries will cost more

The era of easy discoveries of oil is over declares Colombia’s main business paper, and while offshore and unconventional resources could be the source of the next big find, they bring more challenges and needs more investment.

Monday, September 1st, 2014
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Anadarko turns heads with aggressive offshore offer

Texas based oil operator Anadarko (NYSE:APC) walked away with three of the five offshore blocks assigned in the Colombia Round 2014, and has caught the attention of authorities after offering the largest amount for a single block, at US$123M.

Tuesday, July 29th, 2014
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Seismic exploration favors offshore

Seismic exploration favors offshore

The Colombian government puts high hopes on offshore blocks for the 2014 Round of auctions. But today companies which won offshore blocks in previous round are ‘out-shooting’ those companies with onshore blocks.

Wednesday, July 9th, 2014
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Interest in offshore, four wells planned for 2014

There is growing interest in Colombia’s potential for offshore production, and there are four planned offshore exploration wells in Colombia’s Caribbean waters, but greater incentives are needed to boost this incipient industry.

Monday, July 7th, 2014
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Exploration metrics not on track to achieve government targets

Exploration metrics not on track to achieve government targets

Year-to-date May 2014 results for kilometers of seismic and numbers of exploratory wells show improvement over 2013 but are not on track to meet government objectives.

Thursday, June 19th, 2014
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MinMinas preparing Conpes document to encourage off-shore

The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinMinas) is preparing a Conpes document that would create greater incentives for investment in off-shore exploration, one of its priorities in expanding Colombia’s proven reserves.

Monday, June 9th, 2014
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