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Colombia Announces New Oil Find

Apr 07 -- State-controlled oil company Ecopetrol said on Monday it made its first oil find of the year in the southern Colombian province of Putumayo.

7 de abril de 2009

The company said it confirmed that the Quriyana-1 well, located in a field near the rural town of Orito, contained oil.

The petroleum was found in an area where there are operating wells, Ecopetrol said.

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