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The Rubiales Oil Field is an oil field located in the Llanos Basin, Meta Department, Colombia. It was discovered in 1981 and was first developed, operated and owned by Pacific Rubiales Energy . The field produces heavy oil (11.3-14.5° API gravity ) from the C7 unit of the Carbonera Formation . [ 1 ]
Colombia's production of natural gas in 2007 was entirely for domestic consumption, when it amounted to 7.7 billion cubic meters, or 0.3 percent of world output. In 2005 Colombia had an estimated 4 trillion cubic feet of commercial natural gas reserves that should last until about 2022.
Occidental Petroleum was founded in Los Angeles, CA in 1920. [5] In 1957, Armand Hammer became the company's president and CEO after acquiring a controlling stake. [6] The 1960s marked a period of expansion as Occidental established operations in Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Trinidad, and the United Kingdom.
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Ecopetrol, formerly known as Empresa Colombiana de Petróleo S.A. (English: Colombian Petroleum Co.) is the largest and primary petroleum company in Colombia.As a result of its continuous growth, Ecopetrol forms part of the Fortune Global 500 and was ranked 346. [3]
The Petromax design has been often copied, today such as by Tower in China, Lea Hin in Indonesia or Prabhat in India. The current company Petromax GmbH was founded in 2010 by the German entrepreneur Jonas Taureck. [2] Through a number of detours, the Petromax trademark for both Europe and North America came in the hands of this company. It not ...
Chocó Department produces the majority of Colombia's significant platinum output (28,359 ounces of platinum in 2011). Chocó is also Colombia's top gold -producing region (653,625 ounces in 2011). In the late 19th century, it attracted a variety of miners from many countries seeking to make their fortunes in gold.
Max Graetz (1861-1936) was the President/CEO of the Ehrich & Graetz firm in Berlin. He was also the main inventor. Between 1900-1916 he invented the Petromax lantern.. Ehrich & Graetz was a big metalworks firm until the Second World War.