Occidental Oil and Gas Corp (Oxy) is understood to have farmed in as operator with 48% in Ecopetrol's Llanos Basin Block LLA-52, industry sources said in November 2018. The farm in occurred in Q3. The block is adjacent to their Occidental de Colombia JV (OxyCol - Oxy 75%, Repsol 25%) northern Llanos basin portfolio, Rondon, Cosecha and Chipiron (Cravo Norte ADY). OxyCol is currently progressing with a five-well exploration programme across their northern Llanos acreage, which kicked off with the Pulpo-1 NFW in September 2018. The well was later P&A. The programme includes the (P&A) Chipiron Far North-1, the Cosecha-C-01 NFW, and the Finn-1. This latter well is expected to spud before the end of 2018. It is thought that Oxy can apply lessons learned from the nearby OxyCol blocks near the Venezuelan border. The LLA-52 Block includes the Rio Ele-1 NFW, which found oil shows in 1981, and the dry Chambery-1, which was drilled in 1995. The new block ownership is as thus: Oxy, 48% WI, with Ecopetrol holding the remaining 52%. Oxy also acquired the neighbouring LLA-39 during Q3 2018 (see related article).
Colombia (Llanos B.)	Oxy is understood to have farmed in as operator with 48% in Ecopetrol's (->52%) Block LLA 52.