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Price Impact: Where will the price go next?

Price Impact: Where will the price go next?

With a light recovery in oil prices over the last week and a weaker dollar, there has been plenty of speculation over where the price of oil will end up in the next two years. Also in Casanare, authorities say royalties have fallen more than 80% due to the oil price crisis. These and other stories in our periodic roundup.

Monday, May 25th, 2015
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Indian Oil Minister sees opportunities in Colombia

India’s Oil and Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan made a visit to Colombia as part of a strategy to increase its imports from Latin America, opening the possibility of building a cutting edge refinery to help guarantee its supply.

Monday, May 25th, 2015
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Venezuela planning to start gas exports to Colombia in 2016

GasVenezuelan NOC PDVSA may be finally ready to reverse the flow of gas and export to Colombia in January 2016. Take it with a Bolivarian grain of salt.

Thursday, May 21st, 2015
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Oil firms, Canadian government advance with agribusiness plan

Showcased as one of the strategies to mitigate the impact of the fall in oil prices on producing regions, oil firms, in conjunction with the Canadian government, have invested in seven initiatives that generate opportunities for the agribusiness worth a total of US$76.2M.

Thursday, May 21st, 2015
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Peace Process week of May 18: Santos appoints new Defense Minister

President Juan Manuel Santos shook up his team with a clear eye on the peace talks in Havana, bringing in the current ambassador to the US Luis Carlos Villegas, who will replace Juan Carlos Pinzón as the Defense Minister. Meanwhile, Pinzón will take Villegas’ place as the US ambassador.

Thursday, May 21st, 2015
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Cenit transported volume up despite attacks

Cenit transported volume up despite attacks

Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) transport and logistics spin off Cenit saw an increase in its transported volume in 2014 despite standing out as one of the guerrilla’s favorite targets in the same year.

Thursday, May 21st, 2015
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Vetra says costs, infrastructure biggest hurdles

The president of oil & gas E&P firm Vetra Humberto Calderón Berti gave a rare press interview and said that the Llanos and Putumayo offer much in terms of prospectively, but the lack of infrastructure, high costs and public order issues represent the largest obstacles.

Wednesday, May 20th, 2015
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A look at oil industry debt

Despite a weakening of credit indicators for the oil industry and a combined debt of nearly CoP$7T, Colombia’s Central Bank has said that the financial sector is not at any risk due to the potential of unpaid obligations.

Wednesday, May 20th, 2015
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Environmental Summary: Treatment plan presents problems in Aguazul

Ingecoleos is sanctioned for poor oil waste treatment practices in Aguazul while a mysterious yellow gas at the Barrancabermeja refinery raises concerns. These and other environmental stories in our periodic summary.

Wednesday, May 20th, 2015
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MinMinas looks downstream

MinMinas looks downstream

MinMinas asked for comments on its 2015 action plan but gave the public only two business days to do so. We were surprised by the distribution of importance but maybe we should not have been.

Wednesday, May 20th, 2015
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