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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.

Senator Jorge Enrique Robledo spoke about the annulation of concept 015766/05 of the Directorate of National Taxes and Customs of Colombia (DIAN).

Barranquilla wants to become a reference city for the Colombian energy sector and it seems like the city is on the right track. The World Energy Cities Partnership (WECP) announced an important decision about Barranquilla.

The sector is showing a recovery in almost all its metrics, and this has been a good year for oil companies. This situation is increasing expectations for the coming year. Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) announced its investments plans for 2018.

Canada’s Ambassador, Marcel Lebleu, visited Putumayo to check in on the projects that Gran Tierra Energy (TSX: GTE) and the International Development Cooperation Society (Socodevi) are developing in the department. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.

The senator wants to stop ethanol imports from the US because according to him, they do not contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The development of these and more stories in our periodic Eco summary.

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

GasThe Spanish firm owned 59.1% of the company, while Empresa de Energía de Bogotá (EEB) has 25%. The rest is floating on the stock market.

Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) is making decisions to boost the use of renewable energies in the country. The company might be planning a big project on this issue.