哥国油计划增加探井数量并进行债务展期

原标题：哥国油计划增加探井数量并进行债务展期

中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社2月27日报道，哥伦比亚国营石油公司Ecopetrol ECO高管周三表示，该公司计划在2022年之前将勘探井数量增至45口，以进一步增加储量。Ecopetrol还将对今年到期的4.34亿美元债务进行展期。

该公司周二在一份财报中表示，2019年钻探了20口井，超过了12口的目标。这些井的成功率为40%。该公司还表示，由于成功的商业战略，公司2019年的净利润达13.3万亿比索(约合38.7亿美元)，较上年增长14.7%。

Bayon表示:“从勘探的角度来看，我们不会太过谨慎。公司2020-2022年的计划将把重点放在哥伦比亚及境外前景良好的国际油井上。去年由于成熟油井的勘探，原油采收率提高，储量置换率达到169%，为过去9年来的最高水平。”

王佳晶 摘译自 路透社

原文如下：

Colombia's Ecopetrol to increase exploratory wells, roll over debt due in 2020

Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol ECO.CN will look to increase the number of exploratory wells it has planned through 2022 to up to 45 in a bid to further bolster reserves, company executives said on Wednesday.

Ecopetrol will also roll over $434 million in debt set to expire this year, the executives said.

Ecopetrol drilled 20 wells in 2019, the company said in a results filing on Tuesday, above its goal of 12. The wells had a 40% success rate.

Ecopetrol’s net profit in 2019 was 13.3 trillion pesos ($3.87 billion), up 14.7% on the previous year, due to a successful commercial strategy for its heavy crudes, it said on Tuesday.

“We will not be cautious from the point of view of exploration,” Bayon said, adding that the company’s 2020-2022 plan will focus on Colombia and on international wells with good prospects.

Exploration and better recovery of crude from mature wells took reserve replacement figures to 169% last year, the highest in the last nine years, Bayon added.