The recent cabinet shuffle changed six posts – Finance, Health, Interior, Transport, Mines and Energy and Environment. Finance and Health have only an indirect impact on the hydrocarbons industry, much as they might have on any industry.
Source: Hydrocarbons Colombia, Colombia Oil Gas Mining Security We have started tracking security events that could be important for the Oil Gas and Mining industry.
August 30, 2012 A Gold Oil press release that appeared in the UK (but neither on Canada’s MarketWire nor the company’s website) disclosed that Colombia’s supreme court had upheld a request by a “indigenous community” for prior consultation.
August 31, 2012 From a Spanish-language only Ecopetrol Press Release. Translations by Hydrocarbons Colombia Ecopetrol, in partnership with Chevron, announced the start of production in two new natural gas wells in the Ballena Field, department of La Guajira.
August 30, 2012 From an Azabache Press Release… CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire – Aug. 29, 2012) – NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
August 30, 2012 The Buenos Aires-headquartered company is listed on the TSX Ventures exchange and this year has picked up assets in Colombia.
August 30, 2012 Santa Maria Petroleum has four blocks in Colombia: LLA-21, 26, 27 and Canaguro, all in Colombia’s Llanos basin.
August 30, 2012 The US company Nirosoft reports that Pacific Rubiales has awarded them a $100M contract for treating water at the Rubiales field in Puerto Gaitan, Meta.
Translated by Hydrocarbons Colombia from a National Environmental Licensing Agency Press Release Exploratory Drilling Project Area Ceiba-Caquetá-company COLOMBIA EMERALD ENERGY PLC BRANCH.
August 29, 2012 From a MinMinas Press Release translated by Hydrocarbons Colombia Bogotá DC, August 29, 2012 (GIS).