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Colombia Oil and Gas Report Q1 2012

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Market

Energy and Utilities

Report Type

Market Research

Country

Colombia

Published

31 January 2012

Number of Pages

79

Report Delivery

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Delivery Lead Time

Immediate

Publisher

Business Monitor International

File Format

PDF

BMI View: Colombi? s oil sector has seen impressive levels of growth since the mid-200‰ s, and we expect that positive trend to continue throughout our 10-year forecast period, with oil production expected to surpass 1mn b/d in 2013. This growth will be driven by an improving security situation, which should allow expanded exploration activities, improved transport infrastructure and an attractive fiscal regime.
Main trends and developments we highlight for Colombias oil and gas sector are: - An improving security situation and the countrys attractive fiscal regime continue to attract significant levels of foreign investment into Colombias oil sector. Production has grown by more than 70% since the mid-2000s, and we expect that upward trend to continue. We forecast oil output jumping from 982,000 b/d in 2012 to just over 1.1mn in 2013, surpassing the governments 1mn b/d target. By 2016, we forecast production topping 1.33mn b/d, making it one of Latin Americas top oil producers.
- Although most investment has been aimed at tapping Colombias oil reserves, the effect of rising investment is being felt in the gas sector. Gas production has nearly doubled in the last decade and we see scope for strong growth in the years ahead. Output is forecast to rise from 11bcm in 2012 to 11.5bcm in 2013, before hitting 13.5bcm in 2016.
- Production will continue to outpace consumption, leaving room for growing levels of exports. The bulk of these exports will continue to flow via pipeline east into Venezuela. However, we are now forecasting small-scale LNG exports starting in 2013. Pacific Rubiales, operator of the countrys largest oil field, will lead the LNG export charge. The company plans to build a 0.7bcm per annum export facility on the Caribbean coast, where it will target regional markets such as Panama, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
- Rising oil demand is fuelling investment in the downstream sector. Ecopetrols Bolivar refinery in Cartagena, the countrys second-biggest facility, will be upgraded over the course of 2012 and 2013. The expansion project, which received a US$2.84bn loan from the US export-import bank, will see the plants capacity rise from 80,000b/d to 140,000b/d. We assume that the project will be completed by 2013, taking the countrys total refining capacity from 285,850b/d to 345,850b/d.
- Although the country has been successful attracting rising foreign investment, state-run Ecopetrol will remain the engine of growth. The company plans to spend a total of US$8.5bn in 2012 as part of a broader capital expenditure plan that will see it invest over US$80bn between 2011 and 2020. In 2012, nearly half of the total capex will be channelled into production activities, with a further US$2.025bn going towards transport infrastructure and US$1.4bn earmarked for new exploration.

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