Most of the debate surrounding fracking and unconventional production has centered on the extraction of crude, but the Colombian Association of Natural Gas (Naturgas) Eduardo Pizano says its just as important for the future of the gas industry as well.
A one-sided report in a national newspaper looks at another area where opposition to mining and hydrocarbons activities is increasing, Bogotá’s own Sumapaz.
The union has been aggressively promoting an alliance it has formed to pressure the government to revert the Rubiales field back to Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC), presenting the field’s production as a remedy to a tighter government budget.
Strange messages coming in and out of the email account of the government’s lead negotiator Humberto de la Calle tipped authorities off to electronic eavesdropping of his account. De la Calle charges that forces are at work to sabotage the peace talks.
The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) says it held a meeting with the Ministry of Defense, Interior ministry, police and military forces and industry representatives to improve the scenario in the areas of influence of hydrocarbons projects.
Both global benchmark oil prices, WTI and Brent, slid all through the third quarter finishing 13.5% and 16.5% (respectively) below where they were at the end of the second quarter.
The outgoing director of the Energy and Gas Regulation Commission (CREG) Carlos Fernando Eraso says that the new regulatory framework in place for the natural gas industry means that companies have no impediment to investment in the sector.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has published fuel prices for the month of October, which will see a slight increase in both unleaded gasoline and diesel, the latter a result of increased biodiesel prices.
Meta Senator Maritza Martinez continues her push to modify the laws governing the General Royalty System (SGR), and said in a press interview that only 6% of approved royalty funds have been executed since the entry of the new system.
A number of Senators have dragged up old, incorrect and unsubstantiated claims, accusing the mining and oil industries of dodging taxes and hurting the national economy, claiming that up to CoP$30T (US$14.8B) of state funds have been lost. The senators also rejected the presence of vice ministers to comment on their accusations.
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