Colombia’s Minister of Defense Juan Carlo Pinzón has ordered an increase in security measures in Arauca during the run up to elections this Sunday and in light of attacks last week on Unión Patrótica presidential candidate Aída Avella.
GasThe port services holding firm, EL Cayao, of which gas distributor Promigás has a 49.99% share, has won the contract to build a regasification plant for Caribbean thermal energy generation firm Grupo Térmico.
Oil producer Petromont socialized a exploratory drilling project in the Llanos 10 block, where it presented the project to members of 11 villages affected by the drilling in Arauca and Casanare. Environmental authorities were on hand as observers.
The USO says that Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) continues to hedge and refuse to progress on the modernization of the Barrancabermeja Refinery, with the union saying that it is a must to have a “competitive” and modern refining facility.
Incidents near areas of interest to the oil and gas industry were stable at 39 above recent and long-term averages. Non-Armed Forces-reported incidents were below average both in percentage and absolute terms. This is our indicator of increased guerrilla-initiated activity. However, our 4-week Moving Average incident count was down at 33.3 and the 52 week average was also down slightly at 31.1 incidents per week.
This month we have a number of interviews on a variety of topics.
Gran Tierra Energy (NYSE:GTE) saw its Colombia production grow by 41.3% in 2013 to reach an average of 18,584boepd, which accounts for 83% of its total production.
“We are also part of the development of Putumayo, Huila and the country,” said the legal representative of one of Putumayo’s largest tanker truck firms in defense of the sector and the number of accidents, spills and discontent felt in these oil producing regions, where local leaders and residents have put the blame on tanker truckers for wrecking their communities and roads.
Company officials held a call to discuss the end of year 2013 results and convince the market that its continued growth over the last five years is sustainable going forward despite operational complexities.
This week revelations hit the press that President Juan Manuel Santos’s email account has been compromised and around 1000 emails were accessed by an unknown party, just weeks after allegations of spying on peace delegates in Havana shook up the process.
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