PIPELINE UPGRADE IN PROGRESS IN COLOMBIA REGION

BP Exploration Co. (Colombia) Ltd. has begun work on a $73.5 million upgrade of a pipeline across Colombia's Central Llanos region. Oleoducto de Colombia (ODC) operates the 150,000 b/d Vasconia Covenas line, which ships oil from a number of fields to Colombia's northwest coast for export. The fields include Cusiana and Cupiagua, where BP as operator has development under way. BP and ODC have agreed that BP and Cusiana/Cupiagua partners Triton Colombia Inc. and Total Exploratie en