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Geopark Limited (NYSE: GPRK) gave positive news for the country, thanks to the star block Llanos 34.

Juan Pablo Ruiz, one of the members of the Commission of Experts, explained what is the purpose and scope of the fracking pilot projects that the industry wants to develop in Colombia.

Eight ‘social leaders’ of Casanare are currently under arrest because, according to the Attorney General’s Office, they are part of an organized crime group that has been harassing Frontera Energy (TSE: FEC) in the region.

Carlos Alberto Leal Niño, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (ACIPET) spoke about the recent oil crisis and its effects on petroleum engineering.

The Colombian Engineers Association (ACIEM) held its annual Enercol conference last week. Nelson Navarrete, President of Enercol, talked about the relevance of fossil fuels for the Colombian economy, unconventional projects, and the ACIEM position about these projects.

The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) spoke about the sector’s reactivation and relevance of the Permanent Competitive Process (PPAA) and ‘League B’ in this process.

Regional Autonomous Corporations (CARs) will meet with representatives of oil sector to discuss the benefits of industry investments in the territories.

The union clarified rumors about a possible intervention to Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) employee fund, Cavipetrol.

Nelsen Navarrete is well known in the oil and gas community. In his spare time, he supports the Colombian Engineers’ Association, ACIEM in a number of ways most importantly as the Chairman of the Board of the Cundinamarca Chapter and President of the Organizing Committee of the association’s annual energy conference, ENERCOL. In his opening speech to the congress, Navarrete and ACIEM steered a course between recognition of climate change and support for Colombia’s extractive industries.

The Colombian Chamber of Goods and Services (Campetrol) reported its drill rig information for August 2019. Working and contracted rigs increased compared to same period last year.