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Farc quiet ELN craving attention

Farc quiet ELN craving attention

The ELN were active in the northeast but the Farc relatively well-behaved and incidents near areas of interest to the oil and gas industry were down again to 31, below recent and right at long-term averages.

Sunday, June 8th, 2014
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ANIF predicts photo finish for second round of Colombia presidential elections

The National Association of Financial Institutions (ANIF) sounds like the bankers association but it is in fact an economics think tank. Once every four years, it turns its quantitative and model building skills to looking at presidential elections.

Thursday, June 5th, 2014
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Peace Process week of June 2: Havana kicks off again, as election lies in wait

The latest rounds of talks in Havana started on Monday and this will look at the victims of the conflict, while back in Colombia the election that will define the future of the peace process is now less than two weeks away.

Thursday, June 5th, 2014
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Orinoquia unprotected against economic interests, say academics

Colombia’s Orinoquia, which includes the oil producing departments of Casanare and Meta, have been left unprotected against economic interests, in particular the hydrocarbons industry, since government views it as an blank slate for whatever activity makes more money, says a group of academics participating in a recent forum.

Thursday, June 5th, 2014
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Roads Review: Meta advancing with large scale roads project

The governor of Meta, Alan Jara, met with the Minister of Transportation, Cecilia Alvarez Correa, directors from the National Highway Institute (Invías) and representatives from the National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) to define details of a CoP$5T (US$2.6B) highway project being advanced by the central and departmental governments. This and other reports involving Colombia’s roads in the local press.

Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
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Bio-fuel offers fuel self-sufficiency hydrocarbons cannot provide, says association

The Colombian Federation of Bio-fuels (Fedebiocombustibles) published an analysis criticizing government policies that favor hydrocarbons because they look like they were formulated to benefit Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and its goals, rather than explore other alternatives like bio-fuels.

Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
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More details emerge on MinAmbiente decree to regulate seismic

We used press reports earlier this week to publish an article on the (supposedly) joint MinMinas / MinAmbiente decree on seismic. Now we have found the original MinAmbiente (only) press release and the draft decree.

Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
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Production concentration revisited

Production concentration revisited

Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) produces 62% of Colombia’s crude so perhaps not surprising that it is the leading producer in almost every major oil department.

Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
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Fuel prices stable in June, MinMinas insists no politics involved

Fuel prices stable in June, MinMinas insists no politics involved

The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinMinas) released fuel prices for the month of June and immediately tried to counter skeptics that would question why the public price of fuel has stayed the same in an election season.

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014
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Rants and praise for the royalty system

The General Royalty System (SGR) continues into its second year and there is no shortage of critics for the system, but it also has its supporters as well. Over the week a lineup of editorial opinions and press reports have addressed the royalties and the system used to control and award them.

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014
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