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The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) held an internal accountability session to discuss issues related to its management and results.

GasThe country received a cargo of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) through the through the Cartagena regasification plant . Alfredo Chamat Barrios, General Manager of Calamarí LNG, spoke about this action’s relevance and repercussions for Colombia.

I have not had a good rant for a while. I need one because it was a rough week last week; hard not to believe that things are moving at best ‘sideways’ in the Industry as the government expresses much concern but does very little to help.

A few weeks ago, Colombia’s Energy Regulator (CREG) published a cost model for tanker truck transport of refined hydrocarbons.

The union spoke about the national protest day that industry workers carried out last week, and on the alleged privatization of the Transandino pipeline. They rejected Ecopetrol´s (NYSE:EC) “lack of interest” in having a talk with them.

The president of the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH,) Orlando Velandia, spoke about the information program that the industry is currently developing throughout the country.

During 2017, authorities in La Guajira, Cesar and Nariño reported better figures in the fight against oil theft, but Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) demanded more surveillance in Norte de Santander. The development of these and other stories in our periodic Security summary.

Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) wants to start recovering the lost reserves as soon as possible. CEO, Juan Carlos Echeverry, talked about the firms’ prospects for ill-starred block CPO-9.

There is uncertainty among companies about recent problems and challenges facing the Colombian oil sector. German Espinosa, President of the Colombian Chamber of Goods and Services (Campetrol) talked about this situation and gave his perspectives.

After the Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet) requested a third injunction against popular consultations in the country, the Administrative Tribunal of Cundinamarca suspended the popular consultation in Pasca (Cundinamarca.)