Colombia seeks the attention of Asian oil for June tender.
Shanghai (China), May 10 .- Shanghai Colombia is doing in its latest effort to attract the interest of Asian oil companies before the tender in June of 228 portions of their land for oil exploration in the presence of Minister of Mines and Energy, Hernan Martinez.
"We bid nearly 25 percent of Colombian territory" land and sea, said Thursday, darkfall gold, the minister, Colombia projects already offered in Europe, South America, Canada and the United States.
Today began the last contacts with various Chinese companies and the rest of Asia to bring their investments to the Latin American country, using the framework of the Universal Exposition in Shanghai.
The Colombian National Hydrocarbons Agency is interested in attracting Chinese oil, aion kinah for sale, majors, who are already established in other countries of the region, such as Ecuador and Venezuela, the fourth largest oil supplier to the Asian giant.
In Colombia, for now, Chinese firms are only associated with operating companies "while gaining familiarity" with the area, and now "are beginning to know the environment," he told the director general, ffxiv gil, of the agency, Armando Zamora.
Currently, three Chinese oil giants, CNPC, Sinopec and Sinochem, are present in Colombia, but only the last buy an operating company and established a regional base in the country, Zamora explained.
"They are completing their regional portfolio as partners, for now, while doing exploration," Zamora pointed out, adding that, once you have made discoveries of oil, Chinese companies "may come to consider a more solid presence, more operational "in Colombia.
Zamora added that "China does not discriminate, China is going where there are resources and there is adapted to each system, they do not come to judge or make value judgments, are where they are welcome, and in that sense, in Colombia are very welcome."
To attract Chinese investment, the country offers companies the Asian giant "a modern concession contract", is maintained by the minister, when asked about competition from Venezuela.
"You must not associate with the Colombian Government, is an agreement that operates on only royalties and taxes," he emphasized.
Colombia is producing about 800,000 barrels a day now, and aims to break the million bpd in two years.
Martinez pointed out that for the next five years, Colombia has engaged in the investment sector, which now must be developed, amounting to 50,000 million dollars.
Meanwhile, the expected investment by Chinese companies could reach 1,000 million dollars for the next two years.
As for the possibility that the FARC to discourage Chinese investors, Martinez commented that security problems were the cause of Colombia was not before "on the map of investors," but said that it is a matter "has been quite overcome."
"Obviously we do not have a country completely calm," Martinez acknowledged, but added that "no country is completely calm," and gave as an example, in Europe, the ETA terrorist group in Spain, and the IRA in Northern Ireland.
"We are already in much of Colombian territory, pretty clean overall problem," remarked Martinez, who added that "today 120 companies working in Colombia without having been a single security incident."
The next tender, which will take place between 22 and 25 June in Cartagena de Indias, take out the competition areas of exploration in all regions of the country, except in the department of Amazonas.
"What we have, currently reserved forensure that input is a safe and sustainable industry, we are first environmental, social and technical studies to establish the conditions, "Zamora pointed out. trr / jad / cla