Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) completed tree planting in the Castilla and Chichimene fields. This and other news in our periodic ECO summary.
This was a decidedly minor news item. It only merited a tweet, not even an article in Hydrocarbons Colombia. But as I investigated, and thought about it, it opened up a number of relevant ideas about E&P, the environment and communities.
The Office of the Inspector General ruled on the conciliation agreement between Frontera (TSE: FEC), CENIT and Bicentenario.
TGI’s Mónica Contreras spoke about the company’s plans for the next few years, and the regasification plant is one of its main goals.
Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) and Innpulsa announced the 100 × 100 Challenge. The goal is that entrepreneurs can solve 100 challenges that ECP has at present with solutions based on technologies from the fourth industrial revolution.
Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) continues to dialogue with communities about the Kale project.
Oil lobbyists and executives were in Venezuela to talk about a possible return to the country.
Colombia advances in the development of Fracking Pilot Projects (PPII), but concerns and controversies are beginning to arise.
President of the Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (ACIPET) Oscar Diaz spoke about hydraulic fracturing.
Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) provided details on the strategy to prioritize hiring local labor at the Caño Sur project.