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Colombia Targets 15% Oil Output Boost Amid High Prices

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Colombia is targeting a 15% increase in crude oil output by using "enhanced recovery" technologies to take advantage of higher energy prices, even as it pushes towards decarbonization, Minister for Mines and Energy Irene Velez said.

  • While the government deliberates over whether to grant new exploration and production contracts, Colombia could use enhanced oil recovery technology to boost output from existing wells to 862kbpd, from current levels at 750kbpd, while prices remain high, Velez told Reuters.
  • "The technology is viable if - and only if - international prices are high. At the moment it would be very viable, to the extent that right now we are, let's say, amid the 'fattened calves' of oil prices," Velez added.

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