中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯北京10月30日消息，中国石油天然气集团公司周二在一份内部通讯稿中表示，该公司已同哥伦比亚国家石油公司ECOPETROL签署了为期三年的联合勘探与开发协议。
上述协议于10月18日在哥伦比亚召开的投资大会上签署，根据协议，双方将在上游油气勘探、生产和储运等领域寻求合作，具体项目主要涉及常规石和重质石油，合作地域可在哥伦比亚境内或双方感兴趣的第三国。
哥伦比亚是仅次于委内瑞拉、墨西哥和巴西的南美第四大产油国。
预计哥伦比亚2012年原油日产量将超过100万桶。
中国石油集团在通讯稿中表示，哥国油的原油产量占全国的60%以上，在巴西、秘鲁以及墨西哥湾也拥有油气勘探生产业务。
庞晓华摘译自道琼斯
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China CNPC, Colombia's Ecopetrol Ink 3-Year Joint Exploration Contract
BEIJING--China National Petroleum Corp., China's largest energy producer, has signed a three-year contract with Colombia's largest state oil company, Ecopetrol S.A. (ECOPETROL.BO), for joint exploration and development, CNPC said in an in-house newsletter Tuesday.
The contract, signed Oct. 18 at an investment conference in Colombia, enables the two state oil giants to cooperate in the exploration, storage and transportation of conventional and heavy oil in Colombia, onshore and offshore, or a third country. CNPC didn't mention more details.
Colombia is the fourth-largest oil producer in South America, after Venezuela, Mexico and Brazil.
It is expected to produce over 1 million barrels of crude a day in 2012.
Ecopetrol produces over 60% of the country's crude and has oil and gas projects in Brazil, Peru and Gulf of Mexico, CNPC said in the newsletter.
