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Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) highlighted the results of the recent bilateral negotiation, part of the government’s effort to redefine the commercial structure of natural gas in Colombia and lower prices for the final consumer.

The graph above shows a drop in the value in the exports of Colombian oil and derivatives, part of an up and down trend despite sustained rises in production.

The approval of royalty projects moves on and here we publish a list of the main statements issued by the the General Royalty System (SGR) in the month of October.

Two months after taking the role of the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Energy (MinAmbiente), a national paper publishes a report saying the new minister Luz Helena Sarmiento has largely remained silent since her start, a source of worry for the energy and mining industry.

A new factory operated by a new Colombian company called Tayrona Steel Pipe will open in 2014 to supply the oil and gas sector with tubing produced in the Magdalena Department, near the Santa Marta port.

Folk music, a journalism award, new roads, natural gas distribution and more in this latest installment of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects advanced by oil producers, pipeline operators and the NOC Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC).

The National Consulting Center did a study of the image of local mayors and departmental governors and published their latest findings. Here is a look at how the political heads of oil producing regions – Meta and Casanare – fared.

Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) spoke to investors last week and one of the upbeat stories was about exploration, something the NOC often gets criticized for.

The debate in Colombia on oil production has centered mainly on the seismic impact on water sources, tankers in the road, spills and labor practices, but for the first time the controversy around Hydraulic Fracturing, or Fracking, in the United States has landed in the headlines of a major business newspaper.

This week the USO continued to call for the release of its Dario Cardenas Pachon, the VP of the Meta chapter, calling his arrest part of an orchestrated attempted by the government and oil companies to attack the organization.