NDR10 - Country Report Colombia - Carolynna Arce Hernandez Deputy Director Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2011

Contents 1.Colombia 2.Institutional Framework 3.Industry background 4.EPIS - Exploration & Production Exploration Service

Colombia in South America: Oldest democracy 2 nd population : 45 million 3 rd crude producer:861,000 b/d (2010) 3 rd economy : GDP: USD 395 billion 3 rd recipient of FDI:USD 9.9 billion (2010) - in oil & gas:USD 4.0 billion (2010) (E) 4 th Land surface area:1.2 million sq km 3

Institutional framework Policy-making and control Administration and promotion of the hydrocarbons resources – Administration of the technical information Explores, produces, refines, transports and markets Ministry of Mines and Energy

Million (Ha) Technical Evaluation Agreement Production Exploration Open Round Colombia 2010 Exploration activity is intense 5

Licensing activity and seismic data acquisition at record levels … 6

… the highest number of exploratory wells and high success rates … 7

OilGas OilGas Average annual production Average monthly production The production keeps growing…

EPIS - Exploration & Production Exploration Service Purpose To maintain the exploration & production information. To help on the delivery of technical information for tenders and for the exploration & production activities. To review the commitments execution of the licenses. To promote exploration opportunities to attract investment for the hydrocarbons sector. 14

All operators must submit the exploration & production information to the NDR The latest exploration contracts provide 5 years of confidentiality. The ANH releases data to support of tenders. Public data is available to everyone. 8 Exploration & Production Exploration Service Legislation 7/Data release

7 Exploration & Production Exploration Service History Before the ANH´s creation, the technical information was report and deliver to Ecopetrol and managed by Schlumberger.- The ANH was create in 2003 and it received the database and tapes/documents from Ecopetrol. The EPIS was manage in all its components by Schlumberger between 2003 and During 2007 & 2008 an IT service company was managing the hardware platforms of the NDR, and Schlumberger still was operating and providing the software

7 Exploration & Production Exploration Service History In 2009, the ANH continued with the new business model definition. -Decentralized operational model: Each component is manage by a different company, allowing the ANH to have better control, removing the “black-box” effect- Since the end of 2009, the NDR data was migrate from Schlumberger applications to a new EPIS system, based on Whereoil by Kadme. The system is operate by a local company, and the IT infrastructure is operate by an IT local provider.

Reception QC / QA Archiving Oil Company ANH EPIS SUBMISSIONDELIVERY 13 Oil Company Public Data Entitled Data Everyone Exploration & Production Exploration Service Current Model DATA CENTER

12 Data TypeVolume Wells Well Log Curves Well Reports Cores & Samples Seismic Surveys D/3D Post-stack Seismic Field data/tapes Seismic Reports4.500 Production DataN/A Interpretative Maps & Reports maps & Docs. Other significant Data Types:Magnetic and Gravimetric Estimated total NDR size82 TB Exploration & Production Exploration Service Data Types and Volumes

6 Exploration & Production Exploration Service The NDR is growing

6 Exploration & Production Exploration Service …. and the cost is diminishing

To improve some system functionalities. To select a new operator through a tender in the next months under concession model. To develop the new functionality to load magnetic & gravimetric information. Historical data quality control. 9 Exploration & Production Exploration Service What´s next?

Thank you! 18