The Road In, an Oil Town Paid in Pesos, and a Rig That Burned Its Crew Across the River

From the Barinas piedmont down the flooded llano to Guasdualito, El Amparo and the Arauca border, with the ColVen 02 blowout at La Victoria as the cheapest due-diligence report the Barinas-Apure basin will ever generate.