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Some of the changes are detailed in the supply plan of the Energy Mining Planning Unit (UPME), which has identified the priority projects that it will tender directly, so that they are executed more quickly and not bottlenecked by market issues.

The Chamber of Oil Goods and Services (Campetrol) said that benefits offered by authorities to encourage exploration activity and make contracts more flexible are not having their desired effect, and more should be done to ensure exploration is restarted.

Canacol Energy (TSX:CNE) saw a drop in revenues and widened loss, as well as a fall in production, and confirmed that its management team is squarely focused on the opportunities for natural gas in 2016.

Chevron (NYSE:CVX) unveils a well and delivers food in La Guajira, in a campaign that benefits local indigenous communities and also includes its employees to gather the funds. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.

Colombia’s first regasification plant, located in the Cartagena, is 70% finished and should be ready in December 2016. The general manager of the facilities explained why the project has taken so long and the process still needed to get it up and running.

Our last estimate of Colombia’s 2015 reserves and reserve life was made on March 7, 2016, before Pacific E&P (TSC:PRE) reported. We now have reports from companies representing 87% of 2014 reserves. Since these are the only companies we expect to report publicly, this is the best estimate base we are going to get.

Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) said that its strategy to increase the efficiency of its operations, including renegotiated rates with suppliers, shortened drill times and new technology, allowed it to save CoP$1.08T (US$352M), which amounts to nearly half of its total 2015 savings.

USO VP and communications secretary Edwin Palma warned media that Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) will cut 2000 positions across the country, and that the NOC has already issued a voluntary separation plan to workers.

The recent oil production results for February, 2016 were published without commentary by MnMinas. Perhaps it is because there is only an Acting MinMinas, Maria Lorena Gutiérrez and her role is the electrical ‘crisis’.

Too much time on my hands during the Easter break, too much Janice Joplin and too much thinking about the Constitutional Court had definitely brought me down.