Left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro continues to lead in the polls and his most controversial economic proposals – stopping oil exploration and halting oil exports – continues to make headlines in Colombia. Over the holiday period, business newspaper Portafolio published a Spanish translation of Alliance France Press (AFP) article which it entitled (translated to English) “Is the world ready to live without oil?”
We kept track of what was going on so you would not have to. OK. Maybe you were not completely disconnected but here is what struck us as interesting or important over the year-end holiday period.
Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) Felipe Bayón talked about the progress of the Fracking Pilot Projects (PPII).
After several days of meetings regarding the negotiation of the minimum salary for next year, the government announced an agreement with associations and unions.
The Secretariat of Transparency, under the leadership of the Vice-Presidency, recognized the National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA) for merit.
Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: EC) environmental laboratory is developing a project with Unipaz.
The Colombian Chamber of Goods and Services (Campetrol) reported rig information for November 2021.
Alfredo Chamat, Manager of Calamari, spoke about the behavior of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) imports in Colombia.
Shell’s Ana María Duque announced that the company expects to start oil drilling in deep-waters of the Colombian Caribbean.
Professor of the Universidad del Pacífico (Peru) and member of the History and Entrepreneurship Group of the Universidad de los Andes, Beatriz Rodríguez, spoke about oil and its role in the industrial development of the country.
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