Sinochem Operations in Colombia

As of the 7 October 2009 London-based Emerald Energy plc has operated as a subsidiary of Sinochem (United Kingdom) Ltd.

=Operations in Colombia=

In November 2011 Chinese-owned Emerald Energy announced that it was temporarily suspending production at it's 600-barrel per day (bpd) Capella Field in Southern Colombia as a result of "security problems", in a region where there was a strong presence of the FARC armed group, and where four Chinese contractors had been kidnapped in June 2011. The company's other operations were said not to be affected and state officials maintained that Emerald Energy had no plans to leave Colombia and that the state would offer the company protection.

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