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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.

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.