The Colombian Association of Oil Engineers (Acipet) organized a breakfast to give the press “objective, technical and clear information about Hydraulic Stimulation in producingrockreservoirs in Colombia”. HCC was present at the event; we bring a brief summary of the meeting.
The Minister of Mines and Energy, Germán Arce, signed a new agreement by which the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) adopts a new scheme for the allocation of new areas of exploration and production of oil and gas.
Late Thursday – after our closing of course – MinMinas published reserves for 2016 and announced that the long-awaited Agreement 2 had been signed.
OK. Maybe ‘smiling’ is too much to ask of a CFO; scowling and grimacing less perhaps. Prices are up; costs are stable; netback is up. What more could a CFO ask for? OK. Maybe even higher prices. More on that later.
The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) published oil and gas reserves in Colombia at the end of2016. As expected, these registered a decrease compared to 2015 figures. The ANH highlighted that contingent resources increased.