Steve Schamel, Skip Hobbs and Bob Merrill at the headquarters of the Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos in Bogota Colombia, January, 2010 

Ammonite was retained in January to advise the Colombian Government Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH) in marketing the Colombian 2010 Open Licensing Round. Ammonite Managing Partner Skip Hobbs, and senior exploration consultants Dr. Robert Merrill and Dr. Stephen Schamel worked during January in Bogota with ANH geotechnical staff, in reviewing the geotechnical data base for all the onshore and offshore basins of Colombia. PowerPoint presentations of the petroleum geology of the mature, emerging, and frontier basins were prepared for the ANH “Road Show” marketing campaign to the international petroleum industry. Ammonite was asked to introduce the technical part of the Road Show with a thirty minute overview and what we believe to be the most attractive aspects of the Colombia 2010 Open Round. Skip Hobbs spoke on behalf of ANH in Calgary on February 4th and in Houston on February 9th. Bob Merrill spoke at the Road Show in London on March 5th. Colombia has excellent exploration and development opportunities for all players – from the small independent to the multi-national oil company.