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Viewing cable 08BOGOTA4088, COLOMBIA AUCTIONS OFF 22 NEW OIL BLOCS TO EXTEND

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08BOGOTA4088 2008-11-12 20:38 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Bogota
VZCZCXYZ0000
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHBO #4088/01 3172038
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 122038Z NOV 08
FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5547
INFO RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 1317
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 7429
RUEHZP/AMEMBASSY PANAMA 2639
RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA 6734
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ NOV BRASILIA 8493
RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS BOGOTA 004088 
 
SIPDIS 
 
EEB/ESC FOR MMCMANUS; WHA/EPSC FOR FCORNEILLE; ENERGY FOR 
LEINSTEIN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ENRG EINV ECON PGOV CO
SUBJECT: COLOMBIA AUCTIONS OFF 22 NEW OIL BLOCS TO EXTEND 
SELF-SUFFICIENCY 
 
REF: BOGOTA 570 
 
1.(SBU) SUMMARY: Amid falling petroleum prices and uncertain 
international financial conditions, Colombia has successfully 
auctioned oil and gas exploration rights in 22 onshore blocs 
in one of its largest offerings ever.  The round attracted 
numerous medium-sized international companies, including one 
successful U.S. bidder (Lewis Energy), and more than USD 100 
million in expected new investment, primarily in the heavy 
oil belt of Meta Department.  GOC officials expressed 
satisfaction with the round, which follows a record year for 
hydrocarbons exploration in Colombia, and plan to auction 100 
mini-blocs in early December.  Based on the aggressive 
exploration push and the cumulative impact of several modest 
finds this year, the GOC now expects Colombia to remain oil 
self-sufficient until 2017, two years more than previous 
estimates.  END SUMMARY 
 
Colombia Round 2008 
------------------- 
 
2. (U) On November 7, Colombia's National Hydrocarbons Agency 
(ANH) offered 43 new blocs for oil and gas exploration 
covering seven million hectares as part of Colombia Round 
2008.  Twenty-two blocs received exploration contract offers 
from ten companies.  Among the most successful offerings were 
blocs in the lowland llanos region of Meta Department 
extending east of Bogota toward the Venezuelan border. 
Preliminary data suggests this area has strong potential for 
development of heavy crude oil deposits. 
 
3. (U) A total of 39 international firms participated in the 
round.  State-owned hydrocarbons company Ecopetrol bid on 
seven blocs and won four.  Other successful bidders included 
Canada-based Pacific Rubiales (3 blocs), France-based 
Metapetroleum (3 blocs), Argentina-based Tecpecol (3 blocs), 
Argentina-based Pluspetrol (2 blocs), South Korea-based SK 
Energy (2 blocs), Colombia-based Hocol (2 blocs), India-based 
ONGC Vidash (1 bloc), Canada-based Talisman Energy (1 bloc), 
and San Antonio-based Lewis Energy (1 bloc).  Under the terms 
of the new three-year exploratory contracts, the winning 
bidder must conduct further seismic evaluation and drill at 
least one exploratory well. The GOC expects total investment 
in exploration in the 22 blocs to surpass USD 100 million. 
 
4. (SBU) ANH Director Armando Zamora told Econoff November 10 
that the GOC considered the round fully successful as it met 
the GOC's target for confirmed offers on one-half of the 
blocs.  He said investor focus unsurprisingly centered on the 
zones with known heavy oil and that most of the 21 blocs that 
did not attract offers lacked substantial preliminary data. 
More notable, Zamora said, was the fact that many of the 
successful blocs were the subject of intense bidding.  He 
characterized the multiple bids on several blocs as the most 
he had seen in his experience managing previous rounds. 
 
More to Come 
------------ 
 
5. (SBU) Following the success of Colombia Round 2008, ANH 
plans to offer 100 mini-blocs in Putumayo, Magdalena and Meta 
Departments on December 4 and expects participation from as 
many as 70 companies.  Zamora also said that ANH will do 
further research and data collection on the 21 blocs left 
from the November 7 round and re-offer them in 2009. 
 
New Findings Extending Self-sufficiency 
--------------------------------------- 
 
6. (SBU) Colombia Round 2008 follows a record year for oil 
and gas exploration in Colombia with 100 exploratory wells 
drilled in 2008 and more than 90 production contracts signed. 
 Thanks to this new exploration and the cumulative impact of 
several small findings in 2008, Director Zamora publicly 
estimates that Colombia's oil self-sufficiency has extended 
from 2015 to 2017.  Although Colombia's proven reserves of 
1.3 billion barrels are still below 2001 figures (1.8 billion 
barrels), Zamora expressed confidence that, based on new 
reserve reporting requirements in 2009 as well as the 
promising outlook for several of the newly auctioned blocs, 
Colombia will soon be positioned to announce petroleum 
self-sufficiency through 2020. 
 
 
BROWNFIELD