Oil major Shell has acquired a 50 percent stake in Fuerte Sur, Purple Angel, and COL-5 blocks offshore Colombia from the country’s largest oil and gas company Ecopetrol.
Ecopetrol said that the three blocks, located in the Colombian Caribbean deepwater, were bought by Shell’s subsidiary Shell EP Offshore Ventures Limited.
The location of the blocks is considered a new gas province, which includes the Kronos, Purple Angel, and Gorgon wells.
Brazil Energy Insight 
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