???? 據天然氣新聞2021年2月24日波哥大報道，哥倫比亞國家石油公司（哥國油/Ecopetrol）計劃今年把其在美國二疊紀盆地的投資增加兩倍，達到6億美元，這一跡象表明，在國內油氣產量增長停滯的情況下，哥國油越來越關注國外油氣項目。

????哥國油首席執行官Felipe Bayon 2月24日表示，哥國油與美國西方石油公司（Oxy）在德克薩斯州的合資企業將把石油日產量從去年的4500桶增加到今年年底前的14000桶。

????Bayon在與分析師的電話會議上表示，到2023年前，哥國油在美國二疊紀盆地的石油日產量份額可能達到2萬桶。

????自2019年簽訂獲得49%股份的合作協議以來，哥國油已經登記了1.6億桶額外探明儲量。

????哥國油和Oxy計劃今年在二疊紀盆地共鉆90口井，鉆井所需部分資金來自哥國油的6億美元投資，高于去年的1.93億美元。當布倫特原油價格在45美元/桶時，哥國油今年的資本支出預算將達到35億至40億美元，但如果原油價格繼續上漲，今年的資本支出預算將高達50億美元。

????李峻 編譯自 天然氣新聞

????原文如下：

????Colombia's Ecopetrol to triple Permian Basin investment this year to $600 million

????Colombia's state-controlled Ecopetrol plans to triple its investment in the US' Permian Basin this year to $600 million, in a sign of its increasing focus on foreign projects given stagnant domestic growth.

????CEO Felipe Bayon said Feb. 24 that the company's Texas joint venture with Occidental Petroleum will see production to Ecopetrol rise to as much as 14,000 b/d by the end of 2021 from an exit output of 4,500 b/d in 2020.

????Its output share there could reach 20,000 b/d by 2023, he said on a conference call with analysts.

????The company has already booked 160 million barrels in additional proved reserves since its 49% partnership interest was sealed in 2019.

????Ecopetrol and Oxy plan to drill a total of 90 wells in the Permian this year, financed in part by the Colombian company's $600 million investment, which would be up from $193 million last year. The company's total 2021 capex budget is slated at $3.5 billion-$4 billion at a $45/b Brent benchmark, but going as high as $5 billion if crude prices continue to rise.