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Geopark Limited (NYSE: GPRK) announced its financial and operational results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2017. The company’s oil production increased in Colom

GasThe president of the Colombian Natural Gas Association (Naturgas), Orlando Cabrales, spoke about the low carbon emissions of VNG and its advantages for the environment.

Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) announced the opening of a new training center for the sector. The NOC is working together with the Colombian Chamber of Goods and Oil Services (Campetrol), Latin America Drilling Safety (Lads), OEI and the Sena (Colombia’s national vocational training institute) in this project.

At one point in time we reported this weekly. Now quarterly seems it might be too frequent. The numbers are way down but do not seem to be telling the whole story.

The union spoke about negotiations with Serviport; company where Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) holds 49% of equity interest through CENIT.

Gulfsands Petroleum plc (AIM: GPX) announced an update of the terms and conditions governing its Putumayo-14 License (PUT-14 license) in Colombia, after negotiations with the ANH.

Different Collegiate Bodies for Administration and Decision (OCAD) announced the approval of royalty-funded projects in the departments of Casanare, Tolima and Valle, among others. These and other stories in our periodic Royalties summary.

GasThe Superintendence of Public Services (SuperServicios) published a report on the performance of the natural gas costs service around Colombia. Some regions were excluded, as these have no access to the national system.

The ‘Casanare 2035’forum took place in Yopal, where the role of the industry in the department’s economic growth was discussed.

The deadline for companies to make comments on the terms of reference of the Sinú – San Jacinto auction was October 10^th. National business paper Portafolio published the ACP’s comments.