The Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH) is responsible for structuring and promoting opportunities for exploration and exploitation of the Colombian subsoil. The agency also assumes functions that emphasize the management of those resources, and proposes studies and research in the areas of geology and geophysics to generate new knowledge in the sedimentary basins of Colombia. The objectives are to evaluate and realize the potential of hydrocarbons as well as to optimize the use of the resources.