An interest in acquiring more oil fields in Colombia has been shown by the state-run Oil and Gas Corporation and Oil India Ltd, when GAIL, expressed the idea to set a petrochemical plant in South America, a nation which is rich in oil.
The Colombian Minister of Energy and Mines, Hernan Martinez, who had come for a visit and signed an agreement with Petroleum Minister Murli Doera, agreeing to give cooperation in energy sector, and it was during this meeting that the two companies communicated their interest to acquire oil-fields in Colombia.