In 2006 the Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production Contract No 019 of 2006 Samán was signed between the National Hydrocarbons Agency -ANH- attached to the Ministry of Mines and Energy and the companies: Hocol SA, (a company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, with a branch in Colombia, which in turn was acquired by Grupo Empresarial Ecopetrol in 2009) and Perenco Oil and Gas Colombia Limited (a company organized under the laws of France, with a branch in Colombia). Hocol SA is the operator of the contract, which has a duration of 6 years for exploration and 24 years for the exploitation phase. The contracted area is 240,239 hectares in the departments of Bolivar, Sucre and Magdalena. However, it was not possible to establish the total number of hectares of the contract, the total number of hectares of exploration blocks and production fields developed by the company. Source 2

In 2006 the Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production Contract No 019 of 2006 Samán was signed between the National Hydrocarbons Agency -ANH- attached to the Ministry of Mines and Energy and the companies: Hocol SA, (a company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, with a branch in Colombia, which in turn was acquired by Grupo Empresarial Ecopetrol in 2009) and Perenco Oil and Gas Colombia Limited (a company organized under the laws of France, with a branch in Colombia). Hocol SA is the operator of the contract, which has a duration of 6 years for exploration and 24 years for the exploitation phase. The contracted area is 240,239 hectares in the departments of Bolivar, Sucre and Magdalena.

The contract has a duration of 6 years for exploration and 24 years for the exploitation phase. Source 2

The contract has a duration of 6 years for exploration and 24 years for the exploitation phase.

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Hocol is a subsidiary of the Ecopetrol Group. Source 6

According to company sources, they develop social projects based on the need to strengthen ethnic uses and traditions that make the Afro communities unique and constitute a lever for community sustainability. We develop projects with the Community Councils of Bayunca, Arroyo Grande, Arroyo de Piedra, Pontezuela, Tierra Baja and Pua II belonging to the Northern Zone of Cartagena and Santa Rosa de Lima. They work with rural communities in the municipality of Santa Catalina in education on the protection of the white-headed monkey and the tropical dry forest where this species lives, with the purpose of promoting its care and protection.

According to company sources, they develop social projects based on the need to strengthen ethnic uses and traditions that make the Afro communities unique and constitute a lever for community sustainability. We develop projects with the Community Councils of Bayunca, Arroyo Grande, Arroyo de Piedra, Pontezuela, Tierra Baja and Pua II belonging to the Northern Zone of Cartagena and Santa Rosa de Lima. They work with rural communities in the municipality of Santa Catalina in education on the protection of the white-headed monkey and the tropical dry forest where this species lives, with the purpose of promoting its care and protection.

According to source 1, Hocol's activities in the department of Bolivar include 1 exploratory block (SN15) and three producing fields (Bonga, Mamey and Cicuco). Hocol's current average production in this department is approximately 5,600 BOEPD (Barrels of oil equivalent per day).

The exploration and exploitation contract to Hocol, a subsidiary of Ecopetrol, was granted in 2006 by the National Hydrocarbons Agency, attached to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, for an initial period of 30 years, for the gas exploration and production phases. The total area of the contract is approximately 240 thousand hectares. They carry out social responsibility projects with the communities where the company is present.