UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 30, 2013
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Gran Tierra Energy Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada |
001-34018 |
98-0479924 |
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer |
| of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
300, 625 - 11th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2R 0E1
(Address of principal executive offices)
(403) 265-3221
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On September 30, 2013, Gran Tierra Energy Colombia Ltd. (“Gran Tierra Colombia”) and Petrolifera Petroleum (Colombia) Limited (formerly Solana Petroleum Exploration Colombia Ltd., “Petrolifera Colombia”), both wholly owned indirect subsidiaries of Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (“Gran Tierra”), entered into transportation agreements (the “Transportation Agreements”) with CENIT Transporte Y Logistica de Hidrocarburos S. A. S. (“CENIT”), each dated August 31, 2013, each of which Transportation Agreements had a term of one year ending August 31, 2014. Pursuant to the Transportation Agreements, each of Gran Tierra Colombia and Petrolifera Colombia have the right to transport up to 10,000 barrels of oil per day, subject to availability of capacity, of production crude oil production from the Chaza Block, Santana Block and Guayuyaco Block in Colombia: (1) from Santana Station to CENIT’s facility at Orito through CENIT’s Mansoya – Orito Pipeline, at a rate of $0.5608 per barrel, and (2) from CENIT’s facility at Orito to the Port of Tumaco through CENIT’s Orito – Tumaco Pipeline, at a rate of $3.3561 per barrel. Each of Gran Tierra Colombia and Petrolifera Colombia can request that CENIT transport additional crude oil in excess of 10,000 barrels of oil per day through the pipelines on the same terms, which CENIT may do at its sole discretion.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| By: | /s/ David Hardy | ||||
| Name: | David Hardy | ||||
| Title: | General Counsel, Vice President, Legal and Secretary | ||||
Dated: October 4 , 2013