TORONTO, April 23, 2014 /CNW/ - Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX: PRE)
(BVC: PREC) (BOVESPA: PREB) announced today that members of its
Executive Committee met on April 22 with members of Ecopetrol, S.A. ("Ecopetrol") Business Committee to review the current status of the Pilot Project
employing the STAR Technology in the Quifa Block.
As a result of the meeting, the top management of both companies asked
that the technical teams complete an exchange of all the available
technical information, and that a joint report be prepared.
Pacific Rubiales and Ecopetrol expect that the report will be presented
to the senior management of both companies, within the next 30 to 45
days.
Pacific Rubiales, a Canadian company and producer of natural gas and
crude oil, owns 100% of Meta Petroleum Corp., which operates the
Rubiales, Piriri and Quifa heavy oil fields in the Llanos Basin, and
100% of Pacific Stratus Energy Colombia Corp., which operates the La
Creciente natural gas field in the northwestern area of Colombia.
Pacific Rubiales has also acquired 100% of Petrominerales Ltd, which
owns light and heavy oil assets in Colombia and oil and gas assets in
Peru, 100% of PetroMagdalena Energy Corp., which owns light oil assets
in Colombia, and 100% of C&C Energia Ltd., which owns light oil assets
in the Llanos Basin. In addition, the Company has a diversified
portfolio of assets beyond Colombia, which includes producing and
exploration assets in Peru, Guatemala, Brazil, Guyana and Papua New
Guinea.
The Company's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange and La
Bolsa de Valores de Colombia and as Brazilian Depositary Receipts on
Brazil's Bolsa de Valores Mercadorias e Futuros under the ticker
symbols PRE, PREC, and PREB, respectively.
Advisories
Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements. All statements,
other than statements of historical fact, that address activities,
events or developments that the Company believes, expects or
anticipates will or may occur in the future (including, without
limitation, statements regarding estimates and/or assumptions in
respect of production, revenue, cash flow and costs, reserve and
resource estimates, potential resources and reserves and the Company's
exploration and development plans and objectives) are forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements reflect the current
expectations or beliefs of the Company based on information currently
available to the Company. Forward-looking statements are subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results of
the Company to differ materially from those discussed in the
forward-looking statements, and even if such actual results are
realized or substantially realized, there can be no assurance that they
will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, the Company.
Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially
from current expectations include, among other things: uncertainty of
estimates of capital and operating costs, production estimates and
estimated economic return; the possibility that actual circumstances
will differ from the estimates and assumptions; failure to establish
estimated resources or reserves; fluctuations in petroleum prices and
currency exchange rates; inflation; changes in equity markets;
political developments in Colombia, Guatemala, Peru, Brazil, Papua New
Guinea and Guyana; changes to regulations affecting the Company's
activities; uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of
financing needed in the future; the uncertainties involved in
interpreting drilling results and other geological data; and the other
risks disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in the
Company's annual information form dated March 13, 2014 filed on SEDAR
at www.sedar.com. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the
date on which it is made and, except as may be required by applicable
securities laws, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to
update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new
information, future events or results or otherwise. Although the
Company believes that the assumptions inherent in the forward-looking
statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of future performance and accordingly undue reliance should
not be put on such statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein.
Translation
This news release was prepared in the English language and subsequently
translated into Spanish and Portuguese. In the case of any differences
between the English version and its translated counterparts, the
English document should be treated as the governing version.
SOURCE Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp.
PDF available at: http://stream1.newswire.ca/media/2014/04/23/20140423_C4708_DOC_EN_39521.pdf