During the closing ceremony of the Colombian Petroleum Association’s (ACP) third annual congress, its president Francisco Lloreda, spoke about the situation of the industry.
The union spoke of its achievements after it was able to get MASSER S.A.S (Terpel’s fuel distribution subsidiary) to convert 158 workers to permanent employment contracts.
The Colombian-Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CCCC) hosted the third “Entrepreneurial Challenges for Peacebuilding in Colombia” forum, where industry representatives and state officials gave their opinion on how the industry can contribute to the post-conflict process taking place in Colombia.
The sun had set and maybe a third of the room had already either gone home or was hanging around outside waiting for the bar to open when Mauricio Cárdenas took the stage at the ACP’s annual conference to talk about a key industry issue: the incentive known as CERT.
GasNaturgas president Orlando Cabrales spoke about the country’s gas reserves, and legislator Antonio Correa warned about the negative effects of importing gas.
Felipe Bayón, new CEO of Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC), spoke at the Colombian Petroleum Association’s (ACP) congress. The manager referred to the company’s performance and its plans.
ProductionAt the ACP’s third Congress, Frontera Energy’s Barry Larson talked about the company’s new direction and its Corporate Affairs Director Alejandro Jiménez, spoke to reporters about priorities and plans
The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) announced an oil round for this year, which will not finish until next year, despite the entity’s plans.
The ACP’s 2017 congress kicked off yesterday on an up-note, with attendees showing more confidence than in recent events. Starting with Chairman Guillermo Fonseca’s welcome speech, we think the event also kicked off a return to the debate about the roles of State and company in rural development.
Companies like Parex (TSX: PXT), Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and Geopark (NYSE: GPRK) spoke about their CSR projects in Casanare.These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.
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