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The Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia, Irene Vélez Torres, discussed with the president of Petrobras the future of the global oil and gas sector. The purpose of Prates' meeting at CERAWeek was to strengthen relations with the neighboring country in the coming years.
The relationship between Brazil and Colombia in the oil and natural gas market is getting closer. Present at the CERAWeek conference, in the United States, representing Petrobras, the current president Jean Paul Prates discussed with the Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia, Irene Vélez Torres, future partnerships between the countries. The objective of the CEO of the state-owned company is strengthen the company's ties with neighboring countries during his management.
Aiming at future oil and gas projects, Jean Paul Prates approaches Petrobras' relationship with Colombia after meeting with the country's Minister of Mines and Energy at CERAWeek
The main conference players of the global oil and gas market, CERAWeek, took place this week in Houston, in the United States, and had the biggest names in the segment.
Representing the national scene, Jean Paul Prates attended the event and met with several great businessmen in the field to discuss future partnerships for the coming years.
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The president of Petrobras was with Irene Vélez Torres, Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia, to discuss a rapprochement between the countries.
During CERAWeek, he presented the main challenges of the national oil and gas market, as well as discussed the scenario in Colombia today, aiming at a partnership between the countries.
In addition, they dealt with the responsibility of preserve the Amazon rainforest, the largest tropical forest in the world, which occupies the territory of both countries.
Prates reinforced Petrobras' commitment to forest preservation, highlighting the main projects that are currently part of the state-owned company's portfolio. He also warned about the need to join efforts of the energy industry and governments in favor of environmental preservation.
Petrobras' activities in Urucu, in Amazon, were discussed with the Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia. The president of the state-owned company highlighted this as one of the company's main environmental preservation projects in the region.
Oil production projects in the Tayrona block, in Colombia, were the agenda of the meeting between the president of Petrobras and the Colombian minister of Mines and Energy at CERAWeek
The meeting between Jean Paul Prates and Irene at CERAWeek also brought up important discussions about the oil company's activities abroad.
The company has a strong interest in operating in projects of oil production in the region of the Tayrona block, in Colombia. This location is one of the biggest bets for the oil and gas market in Latin America.
Also at the conference in Houston, this week, Petrobras' Director of Exploration and Production, Fernando Borges, commented that the company is very interested in exploring the block's potential.
Through the activities of the Uchuva-1 well, drilled in deep waters, 32 km from the coast and 76 km from the city of Santa Marta, evidence of large work? in the Colombian bloc still in 2022.
Now, after Prates' meeting with the country's Minister of Mines and Energy at CERAWeek, what is expected is a rapprochement between the countries in future oil and gas projects.
