CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwired – Nov. 10, 2016) – Canacol Energy Ltd. (“Canacol” or the “Corporation”) (TSX:CNE)(OTCQX:CNNEF)(BVC:CNEC) is pleased to announce the execution of an agreement with Promigas S.A. to expand the existing gas distribution network currently used by the Corporation to accommodate an additional 100 million standard cubic feet per day (“MMscfpd”) of new gas transportation and sales, bringing total Corporate gas production and sales up to 190 MMscfpd in 2018. The expansion project, which will be fully funded by Promigas and commence in November 2016, will consist of up to 18 months of permitting followed by 6 months of construction, with first new gas delivery scheduled by December 2018. The project will include twinning of the existing Jobo to Sincelejo gas pipeline, the installation of additional compression on the existing Sincelejo to Cartagena pipeline, and the construction of a new gas pipeline between Cartagena and Barranquilla. These works will result in an additional 100 MMscfpd of capacity between the Corporation’s gas processing facility at Jobo and Cartagena, and 50 MMscfpd of new transportation capacity between Cartagena and Barranquilla.
The Corporation has completed the negotiation of 100 MMscfpd of new take-or-pay gas sales contracts with existing and new consumers on the Caribbean coast of Colombia to coincide with the additional pipeline capacity and shall be releasing details of these sales contracts shortly.
Canacol is an exploration and production company with operations focused in Colombia and Ecuador. The Corporation’s common stock trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the OTCQX in the United States of America, and the Colombia Stock Exchange under ticker symbols CNE, CNNEF, and CNEC, respectively.
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