BP in Colombia at a glance
Cupiagua Processing Facilities
After a brief presence in 1965, our recent history in Colombia dates back to 1986 when we farmed into the Santiago de las Atalayas association contract.
Our main activity in Colombia is the upstream, concentrated in operating the Cusiana and Cupiagua complex. Discovered by BP in 1991 and 1993 respectively a few years after we arrived, those fields combined constitute the country's major oil find to date, and are located in the eastern department of Casanare, 200 kilometers from Colombian capital city, Bogotá.
Full development of Cusiana and Cupiagua involved drilling over 130 wells in rugged terrain, with complex geology underneath, and to depths of over 15,000 feet. Two major processing installations were also built at these fields, as well as a 200-kilometre network of flow lines connecting wells to facilities.
The crude oil is exported via an 871-kilometre pipeline, in which BP has a minority stake of 24.8%, stretching from Casanare to the Caribbean port of Coveñas.
Production from these fields peaked during 1999, achieving an average rate of 434,000 barrels per day.
Today, BP's portfolio is increasingly focusing on the significant gas reserves contained in the Casanare fields. Our gas treatment facilities are now supplying around 200 million cubic feet per day to the Colombian market, which represents roughly a third of the national gas demand.
Also with a look to the future, BP recently bid for offshore acreage which constitutes a first in Colombia. In the company of Ecopetrol (national oil company) and Petrobras, BP will bring its deepwater expertise in order to search for prospective hydrocarbon accumulations off Colombia's northern coast.
After 20 years of operating in Colombia, during which BP both developed a successful business and helped generate important resources for national, regional and local coffers, we are looking forward to being here for another two decades.
Our main activity in Colombia is the upstream, concentrated in operating the Cusiana and Cupiagua complex. Discovered by BP in 1991 and 1993 respectively a few years after we arrived, those fields combined constitute the country's major oil find to date, and are located in the eastern department of Casanare, 200 kilometers from Colombian capital city, Bogotá.
Full development of Cusiana and Cupiagua involved drilling over 130 wells in rugged terrain, with complex geology underneath, and to depths of over 15,000 feet. Two major processing installations were also built at these fields, as well as a 200-kilometre network of flow lines connecting wells to facilities.
The crude oil is exported via an 871-kilometre pipeline, in which BP has a minority stake of 24.8%, stretching from Casanare to the Caribbean port of Coveñas.
Production from these fields peaked during 1999, achieving an average rate of 434,000 barrels per day.
Today, BP's portfolio is increasingly focusing on the significant gas reserves contained in the Casanare fields. Our gas treatment facilities are now supplying around 200 million cubic feet per day to the Colombian market, which represents roughly a third of the national gas demand.
Also with a look to the future, BP recently bid for offshore acreage which constitutes a first in Colombia. In the company of Ecopetrol (national oil company) and Petrobras, BP will bring its deepwater expertise in order to search for prospective hydrocarbon accumulations off Colombia's northern coast.
After 20 years of operating in Colombia, during which BP both developed a successful business and helped generate important resources for national, regional and local coffers, we are looking forward to being here for another two decades.
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