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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.

Alirio Vargas, environmental leader of the municipality of Monterrey (Casanare) publicly denounced the issue.

The president of the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), Orlando Velandia, said that if fracking is developed in Colombia, it will be done with companies that have the necessary experience and capital.

The Colombian Chamber of Goods and Services (Campetrol) reported its drill rig information for August. This metric keeps its positive performance, despite operating challenges in the country.

Industry specialized newspaper Crudo Transparente, together with Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, hosted a forum to discuss oil and popular referendums. HCC was present at the event; we have a summary of the meeting.

Protests against oil sector are seemingly continuous around Colombia, but seldom is there news about people supporting oil activities. As strange as it might sound, this happened in Guamal (Meta).

The union spoke about Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: EC) withdraw of the lawsuitagainst national USO vice president, Edwin Palma.

The Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Mauricio Cárdenas, assigned a first challenge to Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) new president, Felipe Bayón, who took office last Friday.