The development stages:Exploration drilling/2012-12.Purple Angel is a 220,000ha offshore block located next to Fuerte Norte and Fuerte Sur blocks. It is held by Colombia's state oil company Ecopetrol and the Colombian subsidiary of US oil company Anadarko Petroleum. Colombia's hydrocarbons regulator ANH accepted a direct contracting proposal for the block in which each company holds a 50% share. Anadarko farmed into Colombia's Fuerte Sur and Fuerte Norte blocks in 2012, an arrangement as the operator that was soon extended to a wider area, including the Purple Angel, Ura 4, and Col 5 blocks. A 36-month exploration program will be carried out in the area, which includes seismic acquisition and satellite imagery.