Operations at Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: EC) Cantagallo field (Bolívar) were halted once again, this time, by 70 workers thatstarted a blockade demandingbetter labor conditions. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.
The ‘Colombia Offshore: challenges and opportunities’ panel took place at this year’s Expo Oil & Gas. HCC attended the event.
Representatives of the sector discussed Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: EC) fracking pilot proposal at Expo Oil & Gas 2017.
A panel discussion at the recent Campetrol Expo Oil & Gas 2017 entitled “Viable environments for sustainable petroleum development” showed more agreement than controversy. The moderator was disappointed.
Last week we started our two-part look at the opportunities and challenges of developing oil and gas projects in Peru. In our concluding chapter, we look at the Amazon region, which has familiar conditions to those of the Colombian Amazon.
The union said that it has fought very hard to assure a dignifyed health system for Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) workers, and will continue to defend it despite the alleged bad decisions that the NOC’s management has taken in this regard.
The possible development of unconventional resources (UC) has generated much debate in the country. This topic could not be ignored at Expo Oil & Gas 2017. There was an interesting debate on fracking and important public figures participated in the issue.
The Colombian Chamber of Petroleum Goods and Services (Campetrol) hosted its 2017 Expo oil and Gas event, where National Hydrocarbons Agency’s (ANH) Orlando Velandia spoke about the industry situation in the country.
A reader asked the not-so-innocent question “If rigs are up so dramatically, why is not production?” That seemed like an interesting graph.
Gas station owners in La Guajira said that as a result of lack of State presence in the department, fuel smuggling escalated to important levels and made them declare bankruptcy. The development of these and other stories in our periodic Security Summary.
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