Search for your article of interest

Categories

Gas Natural Fenosa’s case against the government

GasBurdened by a growing amount of unpaid bills and subsidies, Gas Natural Fenosa has listed four solutions it is demanding from the government to address the problems associated with billing customers of its subsidiary Electricaribe, or it will take the Colombian government to court.

Tuesday, October 11th, 2016
Usefulness:
Usefulness:

MinMinas freezes biofuel prices

The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinMinas) has frozen the price of biofuels which it uses in its special fuel price formula. Palm growers and their association Fedepalma rejected the measure and warned that it will bring substantial losses for their industry.

Tuesday, October 11th, 2016
Usefulness:
Usefulness:

Royalty Summary: More talk of reform

The executive director of the National Federation of Departments, Amylkar Acosta supported calls from the Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP) to President Juan Manuel Santos to reform the General Royalty System, and said it would contribute to neutralizing growing social conflict. This and other royalty related stories in our periodic summary.

Tuesday, October 11th, 2016
Usefulness:
Usefulness:
Activity increases in the “Orinoco belt”

Activity increases in the “Orinoco belt”

Six areas in the “Orinoco belt” — which occupies the foothills of the Llanos on the borders of Meta and Guaviare — look to extract up to 10M barrels over the next 10 years.

Monday, October 10th, 2016
Usefulness:
Usefulness:

Price drop an opportunity for change, says ACP

The Colombian Petroleum Association published a statement summarizing some of the main conclusions from its annual congress and said that if the oil industry’s success came after a reform; the price drop offers another opportunity for further reform.

Monday, October 10th, 2016
Usefulness:
Usefulness:

Regulatory model for offshore production awaits

Before any of the companies carrying out offshore exploration can start producing hydrocarbons a regulatory model for the activity must be put in place to allow the activity, according to the general director of the Maritime Authority (Dimar) Vice Admiral Pablo Emilio Romero.

Monday, October 10th, 2016
Usefulness:
Usefulness:

Macondo

“It was as if God had decided to put to the test every capacity for surprise and was keeping the inhabitants of Macondo in a permanent alteration between excitement and disappointment, doubt and revelation, to such an extreme that no one knew for certain where the limits of reality lay.”

Monday, October 10th, 2016
Usefulness:
Usefulness:
Parex pulls Colombian averages up

Parex pulls Colombian averages up

We have updated our Colombian share price index and while the average picture looks good (see graph), that is almost entirely due to Parex (TSX:PXT).

Monday, October 10th, 2016
Usefulness:
Usefulness:

USO reaffirms support for peace agreement

Despite the loss of the ‘yes’ vote the USO said it continues to support the peace agreement said that process cannot be undone. The union also called for a “spirit of reconciliation” from the supporters of ‘no’.

Monday, October 10th, 2016
Usefulness:
Usefulness:
ECP launches new 2020 business plan

ECP launches new 2020 business plan

Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) has launched its new business plan through 2020, with a renewed focus on exploration and production and an estimated US$13B investment plan.

Thursday, October 6th, 2016
Usefulness:
Usefulness: