Bid Round Colombia 2012 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos de Colombia (ANH) is pleased to invite your participation at the Ronda Colombia 2012, at the Rio de Janeiro venue (17 & 18 April 2012, Sheraton Rio Hotel, Leblon, Brazil), at the 18^th Latin Oil Week 2012.  

ANH is offering up for bid 109 exploration blocks for E&P and Technical Evaluation Agreements including onshore blocks located in mature basins through the Lower, Middle & Upper Magdalena, Caguan-Putumayo and Llanos Basins and newly prospective zones for hydrocarbons including 29 onshore blocks and 5 offshore blocks which comprise approximately 3.6 million hectares. Offshore blocks include acreage in the Guajira, Sinu and Tumaco basins

The Bid Round Presentations (Rio de Janeiro) will include Colombia´s acreage and assets, general aspects, bidding process and ANH contracts presented by Dr Orlando Cabrales Segovia, President of ANH Colombia, on Tuesday 17^th April at 16h45-17h45, with Technical Sessions presented on 18^th April, from 14h00-16h00 by Dr Luis Ernesto Ardila, Technical Advisor, ANH.

Attendance at the Road Show is complimentary, but registration in advance is required for entry, and right of admission applies. For information to attend the Roadshow in Rio de Janeiro, contact sonika@glopac-partners.com or babette@glopac-partners.com.  

For general information on the Bid Round please contact: rondacolombia2012@anh.gov.co

The Colombia Bid Round 2012 will take place during the Global Pacific & Partners 18^th Latin Oil Week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the Sheraton Hotel,16-18 April 2012.

The 18^th Latin Oil Week 2012 is the landmark event for Latin America's exploration industry. Previously this Conference has typically attracted over 200 senior oil attendees, with over 110 different companies represented, and delegates drawn from within Brazil, but also across the region, and from the USA, Canada, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Dr Duncan Clarke, Chairman & CEO of Global Pacific & Partners, explains: "Colombia is one key to re-shaping of the Continent's oil and gas future, along with Brazil and Peru As Colombia has attracted many majors and independents, it has outperformed many others in Latin America and worldwide. There is more to come."