15. | Property, plant and equipment |
| | Plant and equipment | | Pipelines, networks and lines | | Work in progress (1) | | Buildings | | Lands | | Other | | Total | | |||||||
Cost | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance as of December 31, 2016 | | | 42,608,276 | | | 29,087,782 | | | 4,874,406 | | | 6,911,757 | | | 3,894,220 | | | 3,482,439 | | | 90,858,880 | |
Additions/capitalizations | | | 904,854 | | | 876,940 | | | (102) | | | 363,836 | | | 14,631 | | | 203,124 | | | 2,363,283 | |
Increase in abandonment costs | | | 51,619 | | | 105,097 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 156,716 | |
Capitalized financial interests | | | 38,847 | | | 33,875 | | | 8,501 | | | 6,941 | | | 1,027 | | | 20,113 | | | 109,304 | |
Exchange differences capitalized | | | 2,636 | | | 2,299 | | | 577 | | | 471 | | | 70 | | | 672 | | | 6,725 | |
Disposals | | | (67,326) | | | (56,147) | | | (26,991) | | | (6,539) | | | (23) | | | (2,727) | | | (159,753) | |
Foreign currency translation | | | (136,501) | | | (49,800) | | | (13,302) | | | (4,904) | | | (7,850) | | | (3,394) | | | (215,751) | |
Transfers (2) | | | (840,511) | | | 2,000,003 | | | (976,771) | | | 347,024 | | | (62,720) | | | (893,531) | | | (426,506) | |
Balance as of December 31, 2017 | | | 42,561,894 | | | 32,000,049 | | | 3,866,318 | | | 7,618,586 | | | 3,839,355 | | | 2,806,696 | | | 92,692,898 | |
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Accumulated depreciation and impairment losses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance as of December 31, 2016 | | | (15,511,995) | | | (9,965,554) | | | (262,597) | | | (2,088,478) | | | (26,852) | | | (674,902) | | | (28,530,378) | |
Depreciation expense | | | (1,996,614) | | | (1,479,792) | | | - | | | (416,698) | | | - | | | (106,878) | | | (3,999,982) | |
Recovery (losses) for impairment (Note 18) | | | 1,014,613 | | | 316,360 | | | (372,804) | | | 11,538 | | | (7,794) | | | 16,006 | | | 977,919 | |
Disposals | | | 54,244 | | | 13,464 | | | - | | | 807 | | | - | | | 2,583 | | | 71,098 | |
Foreign currency translation | | | 15,166 | | | 32,729 | | | - | | | 3,929 | | | - | | | 3,802 | | | 55,626 | |
Transfers (2) | | | 1,644,613 | | | (1,378,833) | | | 81,981 | | | (179,660) | | | (4,876) | | | (26,032) | | | 137,193 | |
Balance as of December 31, 2017 | | | (14,779,973) | | | (12,461,626) | | | (553,420) | | | (2,668,562) | | | (39,522) | | | (785,421) | | | (31,288,524) | |
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Net balance as of December 31, 2016 | | | 27,096,281 | | | 19,122,228 | | | 4,611,809 | | | 4,823,279 | | | 3,867,368 | | | 2,807,537 | | | 62,328,502 | |
Net balance as of December 31, 2017 | | | 27,781,921 | | | 19,538,423 | | | 3,312,898 | | | 4,950,024 | | | 3,799,833 | | | 2,021,275 | | | 61,404,374 | |
(1) | The balance of work in progress as of December 31, 2017, mainly includes investments in production at the Castilla field, the integral plan of electrical energy and secondary recovery of Yarigui and the modernization project of the Barrancabermeja refinery. |
(2) | Transfers correspond mainly to transfers to: a) inventory of project materials for use in the operation for COP$ 250,239, b) classification of the intangible part of projects to natural resources for COP$ 7,222 and c) others for COP$ 31,852. |
| | Plant and equipment | | Pipelines, networks and lines | | Work in progress (1) | | Buildings | | Lands | | Other | | Total | | |||||||
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Cost | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance as of December 31, 2015 | | | 37,360,222 | | | 26,856,085 | | | 11,015,010 | | | 6,479,356 | | | 4,068,951 | | | 3,653,798 | | | 89,433,422 | |
Additions/capitalizations | | | 1,457,547 | | | 1,383,352 | | | (107,181) | | | 360,596 | | | 41,202 | | | 511,413 | | | 3,646,929 | |
(Decrease) increase in abandonment costs | | | (84,780) | | | (78,712) | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 6,137 | | | (157,355) | |
Capitalized interest | | | - | | | - | | | 205,662 | | | - | | | - | | | 37,116 | | | 242,778 | |
Exchange differences capitalized | | | - | | | - | | | 8,639 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 8,639 | |
Disposals | | | (158,193) | | | (21,814) | | | (16,031) | | | (12,540) | | | 713 | | | (15,455) | | | (223,320) | |
Foreign currency translation | | | (42,870) | | | (298,750) | | | (1,629,613) | | | (9,832) | | | (69,878) | | | 12,416 | | | (2,038,527) | |
Other (reclassifications) (2) | | | 4,076,350 | | | 1,247,621 | | | (4,602,080) | | | 94,177 | | | (146,768) | | | (722,986) | | | (53,686) | |
Balance as of December 31, 2016 | | | 42,608,276 | | | 29,087,782 | | | 4,874,406 | | | 6,911,757 | | | 3,894,220 | | | 3,482,439 | | | 90,858,880 | |
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Accumulated depreciation and impairment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance as of December 31, 2015 | | | (13,469,749) | | | (8,572,373) | | | (19,566) | | | (1,698,791) | | | (13,689) | | | (554,181) | | | (24,328,349) | |
Depreciation expense | | | (1,869,604) | | | (1,426,659) | | | - | | | (392,294) | | | - | | | (102,621) | | | (3,791,178) | |
Impairment (Note 17) | | | (659,223) | | | 33,048 | | | (3,270) | | | 57,157 | | | 24,067 | | | (13,517) | | | (561,738) | |
Disposals | | | 121,382 | | | 14,022 | | | - | | | 7,021 | | | 15 | | | 11,524 | | | 153,964 | |
Foreign currency translation | | | 272,582 | | | 138,611 | | | 38,904 | | | 12,658 | | | - | | | 8,007 | | | 470,762 | |
Other (reclassifications) (2) | | | 92,617 | | | (152,203) | | | (278,665) | | | (74,229) | | | (37,245) | | | (24,114) | | | (473,839) | |
Balance as of December 31, 2016 | | | (15,511,995) | | | (9,965,554) | | | (262,597) | | | (2,088,478) | | | (26,852) | | | (674,902) | | | (28,530,378) | |
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Net balance as of December 31, 2016 | | | 27,096,281 | | | 19,122,228 | | | 4,611,809 | | | 4,823,279 | | | 3,867,368 | | | 2,807,537 | | | 62,328,502 | |
(1) | The balance of work in progress as of December 31, 2016, mainly includes investments made in the development projects of the Castilla y Chichimene fields, integral energy plan (PIEEL for its acronym in Spanish), primary and secondary development of the Tibú-Socuabo project and modernization of the Refinería de Barrancabermeja. |
(2) | Corresponds mainly to transfers to: a) inventory of project materials for use in the operation for COP$(712,967) mainly Ecopetrol and Reficar, b) opening of the intangible part of projects to natural resources for COP$68,750 and c) other COP$116,692. |