Amerisur Signs Farm Out Deal with Occidental
South America focused oil and gas producer and explorer, Amerisur Resources Plc, announced on the 23rd November that it has entered into a farm out agreement with Occidental Andina LLC across several exploration blocks.
The blocks comprise Putumayo-9, Terecay, Tacacho and Mecaya, all of which are located in the Putumayo region in southern Colombia. In consideration of the acquisition of a 50 percent interest in each block, Occidental Andina will fund a US$93.25 million exploration and appraisal program between 2019-2021, Amerisur Resources stated.
Amerisur Exploracion Colombia will be the operator of the farm-out blocks, which are said to have prospective resources of 656 million barrels of oil.
Completion of the transaction is conditional on approval from the Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos.
“It gives me great pleasure to welcome Occidental Andina as our partner into these important blocks,” John Wardle, CEO of Amerisur, said.
“Occidental Andina has a long and distinguished history in Colombia, with great understanding of the geological and operating environment, and an outstanding technical team with whom we enjoy a close and harmonious relationship,” he added.
Giles Clarke, chairman of Amerisur, said, “the farm out to Occidental Andina is a strong endorsement of the attractiveness of our acreage position in the Putumayo basin and Colombia.
“It accelerates our upcoming work program while significantly reducing our future CAPEX requirements,” he added.
In a statement on Twitter, Amerisur Resources described the farm out as “transformational”.
Source: Rigzone