Frontera Energy Corp. has resumed operations at Quifa and CPE-6 blocks in Colombia. Operations had been halted due to blockades by protesters on the road from Puerto Gaitán to the Rubiales village in the municipality of Puerto Gaitan, Meta Department, Colombia, that have been resolved, the company said in a release Feb. 8.
The company has resumed transporting on-site inventory, rotating crews, and delivering supplies to its Quifa and CPE-6 operations, and expects a return to pre-blockade production levels within 14-21 days.
In a release Feb. 6, the company said it had reached its on-site storage capacity at Quifa and CPE-6 blocks and temporarily shut-in about 11,500 boe/d of net production, suspending all construction and drilling activities in the area.
At that time, Frontera said hydrocarbon companies that operate in the area, including Ecopetrol, Hocol, Tecpetrol, and Cepsa, expressed concerns about the blockade that, at the time, had lasted 7 days and prevented the collective from producing over 49,500 b/d of oil as of that date.
