A local paper published a document from Caquetá professionals in the field of social research who see the region’s unique environmental riches and the impact on the social conflict as the main reasons why the region is not suited for oil production.
Plans to sell smaller and mature fields has received the attention and the rejection of the USO.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinMinas) presented a study, in the presence of President Juan Manuel Santos, which highlights how great things have been for the energy and mining sector over the last five years.
The director of the Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet) Carlos Leal says that the association believes that the employment figures of the hydrocarbons industry are worse than official estimates, and the trend started before the fall in oil prices.
Pacific Rubiales (TSX:PRE) held its production in the second quarter of 2015, reduced its operating costs and grew its netback per barrel, but low oil prices and a decreased sales volume combined for a US$226.4M loss.
A recent roundtable of the Oil & Gas Cluster that the Casanare Chamber of Commerce ended with the president of the Colombian Chamber of Oil Goods & Services (Campetrol) Rubén Darío Lizarralde concluding it is time to stop the ‘mafias’ that have taken hold of oil company and community relations.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) says that it has started testing the first units of the Cartegena Refinery (Reficar), and that full operations will start in March 2016.
President Santos has launched a publicity campaign to promote the importance of the peace process and that the end of war brings benefits to the entire country, not just the war-zones as more details emerge on how the transition process would work.
Geopark (NYSE:GPRK) saw a small drop in its consolidated production (including operations in Chile and Brazil) and financial results dragged down by the fall in oil prices, yielding a loss. But the firm has reopened suspended operations in Colombia after a cost restructuring, and added new production for a 22% increase.
Colombian authorities should be paying close attention to not just the results of the first Mexico Round, but how the rest of the process plays out. It clearly demonstrates that contract conditions and geology weigh just as heavily as state take when deciding whether to bid or not, says a business publication.
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