COLOMBIA'S state-run Ecopetrol is set to make its debut in the US Permian shale in a joint venture with Occidental Petroleum as it looks to boost its reserves and gain experience in unconventional development. Ecopetrol is expected to pay $750 million in cash and $750 million of carried capital for a 49% interest as part of a joint venture to develop 97,000 net acres in the Permian's Midland sub-basin. Occidental will be operator and the transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter. "This has been driven by maturing indigenous production in Colombia, which has forced Ecopetrol to look elsewhere," senior research manager with Wood Mackenzie Maria Cortez said.
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机译：哥伦比亚国有石油公司Ecopetrol计划与西方石油公司合资，在美国二叠纪页岩中首次亮相，因为它希望增加其储量并获得非常规开发的经验。作为合资企业的一部分，Ecopetrol预计将支付7.5亿美元的现金和7.5亿美元的持有资本，以获得49％的权益，该合资公司将在二叠纪的Midland子盆地开发97,000英亩的净土地。西方人将是运营商，该交易有望在第四季度完成。伍德·麦肯齐·玛丽亚·科尔特斯（Wood Mackenzie Maria Cortez）的高级研究经理说：“这是由于哥伦比亚本土生产的日趋成熟，迫使Ecopetrol转向其他地方。”
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