Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and the Bicentennial Pipeline both have news regarding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Arauca department, while elsewhere local residents, sometimes in groups as small as 25, demand more local hiring. These and other stories in our regular review of CSR news.
A national TV station has gotten hold of a report issued to the Attorney General Eduardo Montealegre that claims that the oil industry is responsible for the drought in Paz de Ariporo, Casanare earlier this year that led to the widespread deaths of domestic and wild animals.
The uncertainty surrounding the future of Colombia’s largest producing field, Rubiales, and the association contract between Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and Pacific Rubiales (TSX:PRE), has workers currently assigned in the UTEN union with the later firm demanding more clarity about their future.
The Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP) will be led by a new president, Francisco José Lloreda Mesa, starting in August. Lloreda repaces Alejandro Martínez, who has stepped down after working for the association for the last 20 years.
The central government is preparing a plan to address what it considers the gravest problem affecting oil production in Colombia today: pipeline security. Officials say military presence is being increased, as are drone flights.
On Wednesday, July 23rd in Cartagena, 38 companies will look at 95 blocks and place their bets. What do we think they will do?
The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) says that hydrocarbons companies must be prepared for the El Nño weather phenomenon, calling on firms to treat water resources with special care.
The USO has always had a bone to pick with Pacific Rubiales (TSX:PRE), but the union has taken its stance to the forefront of negotiations with Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC), targeting PRE’s Star secondary recovery technology and calling for a presence in the Rubiales field.
As former president Alvaro Uribe takes his seat in congress in opposition to the peace process, incidents went up to 39, above recent and long-term averages.
A devastating attack on a convoy of 23 tankers by the Farc in the beginning of July led to 5,000 barrels of oil being spilled after the guerrilla opened the tanker’s valves, and now the local communities have blocked access to crews trying to clean up the mess.
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