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The USO said it has presented a formal lawsuit to the country’s attorney general against Pacific Rubiales and contractor companies for what it describes as anti-union practices and a “violation of the right to gather and associate.”

Pacific Rubiales’ CEO Ronald Pantin rejected allegations from Colombia’s Comptroller that the company’s extraction practices in the Rubiales field are causing environmental damage.

The great gas debate has been simmering for a few months now.

Counts were down to 28 below recent and long-term averages. Unlike last week, this was a below average week for guerrilla-initiated. Our 4-week Moving Average incident count was down to 35.3 incidents and the 52 week average was down as well to 38.2 incidents per week.

The first quarter is strange because some stragglers take the full 90 days they have to report 4Q results and then often are able to file 1Q results early.

The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MinAmbiente) signed an agreement with the Autonomous Regional Corporations (CAR) creating 10 principals that are to guide environmental management and sustainable development.

The first quarter is strange because some stragglers take the full 90 days they have to report 4Q results and then often are able to file 1Q results early. So we did not publish our price analysis last quarter and have two quarters´ worth of data for this quarter.

Members of the municipalities of Munchia, San Luis de Paleque and Trinidad have met with oil company representatives to discuss the poor quality of the department’s roads.

This week the peace process passed an important milestone after the Colombian government and Farc delegates reached an agreement over land reforms. The agreement, announced on Sunday, had by Monday become a top news item around the world.

When we started writing up company results, Canacol confused us with its production figures broken down between Tariff and Non-Tariff. We expect that shortly this distinction will come to an end.