LR supports offshore Colombia drilling

Lloyd’s Register has been tapped for its well management expertise by Ecopetrol Costa Afuera (Ecopetrol Offshore) for offshore exploration drilling operations in Colombia.

Ecopetrol Costa Afuera, part of Colombia's state-owned oil company Ecopetrol has contracted Lloyd’s Register (LR) to provide wells project management services to drill the Molusco-1 exploration well offshore Colombia. Drilling started this month.

The Molusco (Spanish for Mollusk) prospect is inside Block RC-9, operated by Ecopetrol along with partner India's ONGC Videsh.

The project is being delivered over a nine-month period and includes specialist technical and project management expertise covering drilling well management, well engineering, in-country logistics, safety and operations supervision.

LR’s Vice-President of Wells, Matt Rothnie, says: “The Molusco-1 project marks a significant milestone for ECAS (Ecopetrol) as it is the first offshore drilling project the company will deliver as operator." 

Ecopetrol spun off its offshore business into a separate company called Ecopetrol Costa Afuera in January 2016.

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